In the sequel to Murder a la Russe, an unexpected medical condition temporarily interrupts Natalya Denisova's literary career. Her son Leo, using notes left on her computer, completes her book-in-progress, in which a Charlotte Russe, a dessert named Russe by its inventor for Czar Alexander, contains poison. Natalya was previously accused by the local Russian community of causing harm and even death to real persons resembling her fictional victims...