Sorry, Holmes fans, not a snake in the entire book. The Spotted Band is a rock group of jungle cats an Ocelot, Jaguar, Himalayan Snow Leopard and the irrepressible Cheetah, Chita. She left Arch Villain Imperius Drake in a hurry in Book One. The story begins in Reno, Nevada where Imperius and Bigg Baboon recovering from their near misses with death in Book One are searching for a replacement for Chita. They think they may have found him in an absolutely terrible magician appearing in, or being fired from, the show lounges in Reno casinos. Hairy Otter, soon to be renamed Otto the Magnificent becomes a pawn in the claws of Imperius but Otto turns out to be much more than Imperius can handle with some special talents all his own. Meanwhile, in Rio attending Carnaval for some well deserved RR, Maury, Inspector Wallaroo and Howard Watt encounter the Spotted Band in a Brazilian bistro and the story further unfolds. They end up battling Pontius Puma, a gangster who controls all entertainment i