There are such places, seemingly quiet and sleepy, but constantly attracting all sorts of troubles and incidents as if by magic. The old English estate Bookshaw, where the unsociable Colonel de Luce lives with three daughters, is just that. And the main magnet for trouble is the youngest daughter, eleven-year-old clever Flavia de Luce, a lover of other people's affairs, chemistry and deduction. Colonel de Luce, trying to make ends meet, gives Bookshaw a lease for the filming of the movie In the main role - not just a star, but a legend, a favorite of the public Phyllis Weaver However, not even two days have passed since the arrival of the crew, as a snooping Flavia finds the corpse of Miss Weaver...The suspects are several dozen people, whom the snow trapped that night in the Bookshow. And while sluggish police officers take fingerprints and methodically conduct interrogations , Flavia de Luce will penetrate the innermost secrets of the movie star and find the killer in parallel planning action to capture Santa Claus , Preparing the largest fireworks display in the history of the Book Show and discovering new skeletons in the past of his eccentric family.