Book Review 1-2 "The Blue Cat Club"

story...
James and Chantal go to the Blue Cat Club in Cannes.
There is music - and magic! But James dose not like Merlin, the "Man of Magic",
and now Marlin wants a volunteer...

Who is volunteer??
Yes, it's his girlfriend Chantal. He doesn't like Merlin because he was familiar to Chantal
too much. So, he stood in a stage in place of her.
Merlin stabbed James with a sword for magics. But... he bled a lot when Merlin pulled a sword out of his body! ( it's impossible in a magic! )
He may have died. Everybody thought so. But the truth is...
His blood is tomato juice!! Merlin successfully deceived Micheal.

I thought this story is interesting in a point that a magician is deceived.