Tarot, Chas and Mikki have visited Atep's tomb, near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. And Mikki has been presented by an Arab boy with a statuette from the tomb, which seems to have strange powers. Fergus Wilson has met up with Tarot's double, and Tarot prepares himself for a confrontation in Atep's tomb with his former stage partner, Quabal.

A bank robbery - and the robber not even present at the time! A man who uses torn-up paper as money. And Mikki's sudden feeling that she needs a holiday. These are the ingredients of a new adventure for Tarot, Mikki and Chas.

Tarot and Chas have gone to inspect a derelict house - where the security men had, for no reason they could explain, left the money which should have been delivered to the bank. Suddenly Chas finds himself in a room with no door, and Tarot is standing on a high building from which there is no way down. The mysterious Mr. Peacock observes them quietly.