Newly minted PI Emma Holmes, while investigating the murder of retired music-hall star Verity Malone’s husband, discovers they have a mutual connection—a man who is married to a Hollywood star who could blow this case wide open, but who could also be the killer.

In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto discover that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred.

Upon learning that their former wartime commander, Colonel Cartwright, has been murdered, DI Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto reunite to track down the killer.