Mozhno li lyubit muzhchinu — i odnovremenno vesti s nim hitruyu igru? Mozhno li lyubit zhenschinu — i odnovremenno pytatsya ee unichtozhit? Izvestnyy korolevskiy sudya Kassius Dzherard Ramzi rassleduet dela o mnogochislennyh prestupleniyah i skandalah, svyazannyh s londonskim igornym biznesom, kotorym vladeet svetskaya dama... Sesiliya Tig, tayno upravlyayuschaya etim biznesom, — odna iz samyh intriguyuschih i zhelannyh zhenschin, kotoryh on kogda-libo vstrechal. No chto zhe sluchitsya, esli Kassius uznaet, chto krasavitsa, radi kotoroy on gotov otdat zhizn, i moshennitsa, kotoruyu on dolzhen razoblachit, — odna i ta zhe zhenschina?