Freelance journalist Ross Harte finds a story right on his doorstep when his creepy neighbour Cesare Sabbat is murdered in his locked apartment - seemingly after summoning a demon. The problem seems impossible, and with the suspects full of magicians and psychics and showmen of every kind, knowing whose story can be believed is even more impossible. Enter The Great Merlini, whose magical mind is the only hope for finding the killer - but not before a few more impossible happenings are added to…