Based on Ricky Jay's book of the same title, this TV special was made up of a combination of magic, juggling, amazing feats, stunts and performances, including a musical performance on wine glasses, a human calculator who could determine cube-routes of numbers in her head and an antique acrobatic clockwork doll.

The mysterious death of a woman in a dentist chair, and a $2.5 million life insurance claim, leads detective Nick Slaughter on a shocking investigation. Monica Cobb, a sexy and deceptive suspect, may be both perpetrator and victim in the case of extreme deceit. Nick must untangle her web before she kills all her conspirators, frames him for murder, and eludes capture through plastic surgery.