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Monte Carlo glitters beneath a forever‑blue sky, its palm‑lined promenades and the legendary Casino de Paris humming with the restless hopes of gamblers. Amid this sparkle, the sharp‑witted Lord Lister, known to few as John Raffles, watches the crowd from the Café de Paris, exchanging wry observations with his loyal friend Charly Brand. Their light banter soon turns somber as they recall the countless souls who have vanished beneath the palms, victims of the relentless “play devil.”

The calm shatters when a young English tourist collapses beside a palm grove, his life hanging by a thread. Lister springs into action, pulling out a tiny knife, a mysterious bottle, and an uncanny method of reviving the dying that hints at secret knowledge beyond ordinary medicine. As Charly assists, the two men grapple with the dark forces that seem to linger in the casino’s shadow, setting the stage for a case that will test Lister’s intellect and his willingness to confront danger.

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