Masha Mironova comes to Moscow, where her lover lives Peter The girl is determined to start all over with a clean slate . Therefore, he takes the nickname Columbine, turns the horror of Lucifer and shocking the audience with extravagant outfits. And also - joins a certain club "Lovers of Death", where the Doge Prospero rules . The members of the club write poetry and dream of dying as soon as possible. To do this, they regularly conduct spiritualistic sessions, asking spirits about the next lucky one, and waiting for Signs. And then... commit suicide, leaving a posthumous poem note. Soon a certain Prince Genji enters the club - a beautiful brunette with gray temples, who stutters slightly and demonstrates incredible luck in gambling. At the same time, it turns out that among the “Lovers of Death” there is a traitor who tells the whole background about the life of the club to journalist Lavr Zhemailo, who immediately publishes the information received in the media. Will Erastus Fandorin be able to understand who is interested in the death of desperate people who are in love with death?