In the funeral of the famous British journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) his colleagues and friends recall how obstinate he was while seeking a scoop. Meanwhile the deceased Joe discloses the identity of the tarot card serial killer of London. He cheats Death (Pete Mastin) and appears to the American student of journalism Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) who is on the stage in the middle of a magic show of the magician Sidney Waterman (Woody Allen) in London and tells her that the murderer is the aristocrat Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman). Sondra drags Sid in her investigation seeking for evidence that Peter is the killer. However she falls in love with him and questions if Joe Strombel is right in his scoop.