BAFFLED by a severed arm, dangling from the centre of a locked door in the Bank of England... PANICKED by a satanic portrait painter, determined to disgrace the Royal family... TERRORISED by a deadly gas, primed to wipe out the Government... With great reluctance, what else can Superintendent William Melville of the Special Branch do but, once again, send for ... THE MAGICIANS! When not performing two sold-out shows every night, Music Hall Steampunk illusionists and consultants to Scotland Yard, slick talking Michael Magister and the feisty Phoebe Le Breton, must solve the crime of the century, while saving the nation from a conclave of fiendish psychopaths led by the crazed renegade Jesuit known only as `The Black Bishop'. In the sequel to their acclaimed debut in `Steam, Smoke & Mirrors', who dare Michael and Phoebe trust in this dark Victorian world of weird science, conspiracy and the occult? Murder and malevolence, treachery and tragedy - all must surely be inevitable! Especially when the Tarot predicts - DEATH.

A murdery mystery featuring two unlikely detectives, along with plenty of Victorian Music Hall, stage magic, history, and conspiracyWhen a Music Hall hypnotist escapes from the London County Asylum she leaves a single word on the wall of her cell, scrawled in blood: "MAGISTER." Terror then stalks the capital's streets as the killing spree begins. But why does Superintendent William Melville of The Special Branch call upon the skills of brilliant stage magician Michael Magister and his glamorous assistant Phoebe Le Breton to help capture the murderer, especially as Michael is one of those named on the death list? From the recently discovered journals of Professor Artemus More, secrets are laid bare, mysteries revealed, illusions exposed, and conspiracies uncovered, all in a Steampunk vision of Victorian Britain.