For the first time in Russian - a new novel from the author of the bestseller “Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque” Geoffrey Ford. The “merry” 1920s have died down: the era of jazz, “The Great Gatsby” and femme fatales swimming in money and champagne have ended. The wind of change fills the sails of the ship of the enterprising master illusionist Thomas Schell: he arranges seances for bored millionaires. Until one day the incredible happens: calling on more spirits, he sees in the window glass the image of a girl begging for help. Undeceived by the true nature of his “gift,” Shell volunteers to help the parents of a missing child—and gets bogged down in a labyrinth of deadly secrets...