About the book: 2018 / Shanghai, late 1930s. In one of the parks of “Far Eastern Babylon,” the dead body of a wealthy bon vivant with an elegant stiletto in his heart was discovered. Friends of the murdered man, fellow emigrants from Russia, decide to penetrate the mystery of his death and take on the role of detectives. The streets, embankments, cafes and cabarets of Shanghai with Russian “dance partners” become the backdrop of their investigation, which leads to unexpected and shocking revelations. The detective novel by the famous fiction writer of “Russian China” J. Lovich “The Lady with a Stiletto” (1940) continues in the series "Polaris" a number of publications of fantasy and adventure works by writers of Russian emigration.