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An exuberant artist is found dead at home. The only suspect is the artist's wronged wife who was well aware of his affair with his model, but how could she have left her city office without her P.A. seeing her leave?

A controversial artist is dead, apparently the victim of a botched robbery at his suburban estate. Take-no-prisoners journalist Maddie Magellan is unconvinced, and she casts her suspicions on the deceased's possessive wife and his frivolous mistress. But one was in her city office at the time of death, and the other was bound, gagged and blindfolded by the "robber". A chance meeting with Jonathan Creek, a famous illusionist's technical advisor, leads Maddie to believe that his "lateral mind" may allow him to see through the deceptions in the case, and she recruits the reluctant genius as her partner.—balkaster

Sexually provocative painter Hedley Shale is found dead at his home, while his starlet mistress Francesca Boutron is found bound, blindfolded and gagged with tape. A burglar charged with the murder protests his innocence to Maddy Magellan, a writer with a reputation for clearing miscarriages of justice. The only alternative suspect is the artist's wife Serena, who was well aware of his umpteenth affair, but how could she leave her city office without her personal assistant seeing her leave? After a chance meeting at magician Adam Klaus's show, Maddy recruits the initially reluctant Jonathan Creek, the actual designer of Adam's tricks, to come along as her 'camera man' to investigate on site how the wife could reach the scene of the crime. Creek soon uncovers an even more sinister side to the case.—KGF Vissers

An artist, known for his adulterous dalliances, is murdered in his home. The obvious suspect is his wife but she has the perfect alibi. Investigative journalist MadelineMagellan is determined to prove that she did it and enlists the help of Jonathan Creek, technical advisor to a magician and an expert in illusion, trickery and subterfuge.—grantss