'For magician's assistant Selina Plankton, this week is not a week like any other. She's evicted from her flat' and 'then there's a desperate call for help from Darwin, from a friend threatened with death...Selina is embroiled in mystery, mayhem, attempted murder and the extremely trickly point of etiquette: should a modern girl accept $10,000 on a first date?' (Source: back cover, 1992 edition)