A book full of secrets! A new bewitching novel from the author of the gothic bestseller “The Black Book of Secrets.” Pin Carpue is considered an orphan: his aristocratic mother died, his carpenter father was accused of murder by high-ranking relatives, and he was forced to flee. Now Pin rents a corner in an apartment building from the ill-fated tooth grinder Burton Flux and works for the undertaker Godfrey Goffridus: he guards the bodies prepared for burial in order to be absolutely sure that they are dead. But then one night a mysterious couple enters the dead room and... revives one of the bodies to ask him a few questions! Then Pin makes a vow to himself - at all costs, to track down the caster and his young assistant and penetrate the secret of their incredible art. Meanwhile, the city is terrorized by an elusive killer maniac, who leaves his trademark in the pockets of his victims - a silver apple...