Финита ля комедиа

A brazen and bloodthirsty killer has been operating in Severoelansk for some time now. He killed the family of the rich Ushakov: young children, mother, servants, wife. Ushakov at that time was waiting for her in the theater - after all, she is one of the leading actresses. Detective agents quickly find an imaginary criminal, but painfully everything looks like a set-up. Then there is another brutal murder in the hotel - also the leading actress of the local theater Kanevskaya and her lover. What is this, a coincidence? Involuntarily, the head of the detective police, Tartishchev, recalled the suicide of the prima donna of the theater Muromtseva, which had taken place a few months ago. And a number of clues that surfaced during the investigation of bloody crimes indicate that she was also killed, slipping poison instead of tooth drops ...