About the book: 2024 / There is a new crime in the provincial town of Tatayar: the mayor Skvorchansky and his cook are poisoned. The cakes with poison were from the shop of the Italian pastry chef Signor Giotto, and the forensic investigator quickly finds the culprit. However, the new governor doubts this and instructs the chief of the detective police, Baron von Spinne, to personally look into the case. Foma Fomich understands that the solution cannot lie on the surface, and in fact, the crime benefits completely different people.