The Cards of the Ancient Mage

For many centuries, a mysterious deck of cards intervened in human destinies. According to legend, it was the repository of the powers of the great sage Hermes Trismegistus. Through the magical cards, the spirits of the sage and his faithful... servants invoked justice: they protected virtue and punished the wicked.
After thousands of years, amateur detective Nadezhda Lebedeva, investigating a series of murders that swept through Petersburg, discovers that the victims seem to correspond to the ranks and suits of playing cards. Is it possible that the ruthless criminal and his victims are connected to the unfathomable magic of the ancient deck? King, queen, jack… Are people playing cards, or are cards playing people? This is what Ms. Lebedeva must figure out.