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Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Charlie is a crime writer, part-time thief-- and an amateur magician. He breaks into a conjurer's hotel room and makes a safe full of casino chips vanish into think air. When the victim disappears, Charlie is suspected of being his accomplice at cheating the roulette tables.
Author
Series
Jana Matinova novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Devastated by her lover's death in an explosion--on the same day an indigent student was shot and killed in sleepy Bratislava--Jana Mantiova is transferred to The Hague, headquarters of the international police force Europol. On the flight she encounters a retired magician, the dead student's uncle, who is determined to help Jana investigate his nephew's death. And his help is indeed needed as Jana faces an international criminal conspiracy emanating...
Author
Series
Battlesaurus volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this alternate history, Napoleon wins at Waterloo by unleashing a secret battlefield weapon--a legion of giant, carnivorous dinosaurs imported from the wilds of the Americas--and only fifteen-year-old Willem Verheyen stands in the way of the emperor's plan for world domination.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Shunned by her fellow performers after a disastrous liaison with an older magician, card-trick prodigy Natalie Webb writes an article about the art of cheating at cards to supplement her meager income, only to be drawn into the world of a talented poker cheat who entices her to help orchestrate a lucrative trick.
Author
Series
Kingkiller chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Description
DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Reminiscent of The Golem and the Jinni, The Glass Magician by Caroline Stevermer is a magical and romantic tale set in New York's Gilded Age. New York 1905-The Vanderbilts. The Astors. The Morgans. They are the cream of society-and they own the nation on the cusp of a new century. Thalia Cutler doesn't have any of those family connections. What she does know is stage magic and she dazzles audiences with an act that takes your breath away. That is,...
10) Mrs. Houdini
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Before escape artist Harry Houdini died, he vowed he would find a way to speak to his beloved wife Bess from beyond the grave using a coded message known only to the two of them. When a widowed Bess begins seeing this code in seemingly impossible places, it becomes clear that Harry has an urgent message to convey. Unlocking the puzzle will set Bess on a course back through the pairs extraordinary romance, which swept the illusionist and his bride...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It's Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about a local production of Aladdin, starring the marvelous Max Mephisto. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens. He's investigating the murder of two children, Annie and Mark, who were strangled to death in the woods, abandoned alongside a trail of candy a horrifying scene eerily reminiscent of Hansel and Gretel.Edgar has plenty of leads to investigate. Annie, a surprisingly dark child,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Struggling magician Harvey Kendall is suspected of a murder he could not have committed, and he must now use his talents to pull off the greatest escape of his career On the brink of stardom, struggling magician Harvey Kendall is fingered in a vicious murder when his DNA is found on the victim, placing him at the scene of the crime. With one unexpected twist and turn after another, readers are left on the edge of their seats wondering just what...
13) Here we are
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's the summer of 1959, and something magical can be witnessed at the end of the pier in beach town Brighton, England. Jack Robbins, Ronnie Deane, and Evie White are performing in a seaside variety show, starring as Jack Robinson the compere comedian, and The Great Pablo and Eve: a magic act. By the end of the summer, Evie's glinting engagement ring will be flung to the bottom of the ocean and one of the trifecta will vanish forever. All three friends...
14) Conjuro de luz
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
Viví lo que el destino les depara a tus amados héroes y enemigos. El equilibrio de poder finalmente se ha roto La precaria estabilidad entre los Londres finalmente ha llegado a su punto de quiebre. La oscuridad ha proyectado sus sombras sobre el Imperio Maresh, alguna vez vibrante con la vivacidad roja de la magia. ¿Aprovechará otro Londres para resurgir? ¿Quién caerá? Kell, que creyó ser el último Antari vivo, comienza a flaquear bajo la...
15) The zig zag girl
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Brighton, 1950. The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced the killer is mimicking a famous magic trick--the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old war friend of Edgar's. They served together in a shadowy unit called the Magic Men, a special ops troop that used stage tricks to confound the enemy. Max is on the traveling show circuit, touring seaside towns with ventriloquists,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A moment of magical desperation sends Zatanna back in time to 1888 London. Now she needs answers... and the only way to get them may be through serial killer Jack the Ripper. On her 21st birthday, Zatanna Zatara-assistant to the most talented magician in the world-is attacked and bested by a mysterious sorceress. Before the final blow is dealt, her father, Giovanni, casts a spell of his own, warping the magic of his attacker and sending Zatanna out...
Author
Series
Robin Lockwood novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A magician linked to three murders and suspicious deaths years ago disappears in the middle of his new act in [a] ... thriller featuring Robin Lockwood"--
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