A day in the life of Alex Verus: Run a shop in Camden, train an apprentice, avoid the council, and dodge assassins. A spate of mysterious attacks calls for Alex's expertise—someone is dabbling with the forbidden. It's fine until Alex's friends are threatened. That makes it personal. It's still very inconvenient though, especially when seductive distractions are thrown into the mix. But is walking away really an option? And just how dangerous is the curse of the monkey's paw? Sure, it pays to be able to see the future. Literally. But some days are just better spent in bed.