About the book: 2024 / Lenya Marquis faces an unexpected problem. One day new clients contact him, but they don’t come on the appointed day. When Lenya called them, they thanked him for the help they provided! Using his faithful companion, actress Lola, he finds out that there is another couple posing as them, thus selecting clients. At the same time, snakes began to appear in the city in the most unexpected places, and people began to die from bites. A rumor spreads about the snake killer. The Marquis is approached by a client who claims that he will be the next victim. The book was also published under the titles “The Magician’s Ghost” and “The Squirrel in the Wheel of Fortune”».