Daring Russian sleuth Erast Fandorin takes on two new cunning adversaries in a pair of action-packed new mysteries--'The Jack of Spades,' in which he matches wits with a clever swindler and his beautiful accomplice, and 'The Decorator,' in which Fandorin and his new assistant race against time to stop a brutal serial killer before more women fall prey to his wiles. Original. 30,000 first printing.