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The Great Merlini
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Author : Clayton Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2012-05-22
The Great Merlini written by Clayton Rawson and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-22 with Fiction categories.
Stories from the Edgar Award–winning author of the famous locked-room mystery, Death of a Top Hat, “a cornerstone of detective fiction” (The New York Times). The Great Merlini waits impatiently at the door of the Hotel Astor. Inspector Church is late for his meeting with the famed magician, with whom he consults when homicide cases venture outside the realm of the possible. A ventriloquist has attempted suicide in the wake of his wife’s mysterious strangulation. Among the suspects are a snake charmer, a nine-foot giant, a tattooed man, and a gaggle of crap players—and this is one of Merlini’s simple cases. He will pick out the killer, with no more effort than he might a rabbit in a top hat. In these twelve short stories, all originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, cofounder of Mystery Writers of America and Special Edgar Award winner Clayton Rawson’s greatest detective confronts puzzles that would leave a lesser magician’s head spinning. From vanishing blackmailers to murderous mediums, no cosmic crime can baffle the Great Merlini.
Death From A Top Hat
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Author : Clayton Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-11-25
Death From A Top Hat written by Clayton Rawson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-25 with Fiction categories.
A magician turned detective is caught up in the most baffling locked-room murder mystery... 'One of the all-time greatest impossible murder mysteries' Publishers Weekly starred review 'Dazzling' Saturday Review 'A cornerstone of detective fiction' New York Times Master magician The Great Merlini has hung up his top hat and white gloves, and now spends his days running a magic shop in New York and his nights moonlighting as a consultant for the NYPD. When the crimes seem impossible, it is his magician's mind they need. So when two occultists are discovered dead in locked rooms, one spread out on a pentagram, both appearing to have been murdered under similar circumstances, Merlini is immediately called in. The list of suspects includes an escape artist, a professional medium, and a ventriloquist - and it is only too clear that this is a world Merlini knows rather too well...
Death From A Top Hat
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Author : Clayton Rawson
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2018-10-16
Death From A Top Hat written by Clayton Rawson and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-16 with Fiction categories.
A detective steeped in the art of magic solves the mystifying murder of two occultists. Now retired from the tour circuit on which he made his name, master magician The Great Merlini spends his days running a magic shop in New York’s Times Square and his nights moonlighting as a consultant for the NYPD. The cops call him when faced with crimes so impossible that they can only be comprehended by a magician’s mind. In the most recent case, two occultists are discovered dead in locked rooms, one spread out on a pentagram, both appearing to have been murdered under similar circumstances. The list of suspects includes an escape artist, a professional medium, and a ventriloquist, so it’s clear that the crimes took place in a realm that Merlini knows well. But in the end it will take his logical skills, and not his magical ones, to apprehend the killer. Reprinted for the first time in over twenty years, Death from a Top Hat is an ingeniously-plotted puzzle set in the world of New York stage magic, which was at its pinnacle in the early twentieth century. In 1981, the novel was selected as one of the top ten locked room mysteries of all time by a panel of mystery-world luminaries that included Julian Symons, Edward D. Hoch, Ellery Queen’s co-creator Frederic Dannay, and Otto Penzler.
Joel And The Great Merlini
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Author : Eloise Jarvis McGraw
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 1979
Joel And The Great Merlini written by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Fiction categories.
With a great deal of practice and help from an already accomplished magician, Joel perfects his magic act. Afterwards he wonders if it is too perfect.
No Coffin For The Corpse
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Author : Clayton Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2012-05-22
No Coffin For The Corpse written by Clayton Rawson and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-22 with Fiction categories.
DIVA murdered blackmailer haunts a captain of industry /divDIV/divDIVWhen Ross Harte gets into a screaming match with his fiancée’s father, millionaire Dudley Wolff, the old man cuts Harte’s beloved out of his will. As far as Wolff is concerned, this is an empty threat, because he plans to live forever. He has a team of scientists working to extend his life as long as possible, and should they fail, a renowned psychic will contact him after his death. Wolff is obsessed with death’s mysteries, and he is about to get a first-hand look./divDIV /divDIVWhen a detective attempts to blackmail him, Wolff punches him in the jaw so hard that it stops the crook’s heart. Fearing scandal, Wolff and his staff bury the body in the woods. When the dead blackmailer comes back to haunt him, the millionaire is forced to call on Harte and his friend the Great Merlini, conjurer and sleuth, to banish the spirits that have brought death to his door./div
The Headless Lady
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Author : Clayton Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2012-05-22
The Headless Lady written by Clayton Rawson and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-22 with Fiction categories.
DIVA circus owner’s murder produces a roster of bizarre suspects /divDIV/divDIVSummer heat is choking New York, and the Great Merlini—conjurer, sleuth, and godson of P. T. Barnum—offers his friend Ross Harte a chance to get out of town. Before they can depart for the annual convention of the Society of American Magicians, a nervous woman enters Merlini’s shop, begging to purchase his most popular illusion: the headless lady. When the magician refuses to sell his last copy, she steals it./divDIV /divDIVShe is the daughter of Major Hannum, a recently deceased circus magnate whose death may not have been an accident. Somewhere among the carnies, barkers, and freaks lurks a killer, and only Merlini can save the carnival from further bloodshed. The killer’s plot is as sly as a funhouse mirror, but no detective is more at home in a world where nothing is what it seems./div
Death From A Top Hat
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Author : Clayton Rawson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1938
Death From A Top Hat written by Clayton Rawson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1938 with Escape artists categories.
The Compleat Adventures Of The Great Merlini
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Author : Clayton Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Shelburne, Ont. : Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
Release Date : 2006
The Compleat Adventures Of The Great Merlini written by Clayton Rawson and has been published by Shelburne, Ont. : Battered Silicon Dispatch Box this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
The Great Book Of King Arthur
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Author : John Matthews
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2022-06-21
The Great Book Of King Arthur written by John Matthews and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-21 with Fiction categories.
Foreword by Neil Gaiman The world’s leading Arthurian authority reimagines one of the most beloved and influential legends—the story of King Arthur and his Knights—for a new century in this gorgeous keepsake edition, illustrated with luminous full-color paintings and drawings by internationally acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe. The stories of King Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot and Guinevere, Galahad, Gawain, Tristan and the rest of the Knights of the Roundtable, and the search for the Holy Grail have been beloved for centuries and are the inspiration of many modern fantasy novels, films, and shows. These legends began when an obscure Celtic hero named Arthur stepped on to the stage of history sometime in the sixth century, generating a host of oral tales that would be inscribed some 900 years later by Thomas Malory in his classic Morte D’Arthur (The Death of Arthur). The Great Book of King Arthur brings these legends into the modern age, using accessible prose for contemporary readers for the first time. In addition to the stories in Morte D’Arthur, John Matthews includes many tales of Arthur and his knights either unknown to Malory or written in other languages, such as the story of Avenable, the girl brought up as a boy who becomes a famous knight; Morien, whose adventures are as fantastic and exciting as any found in Malory’s work; and a retelling of the life of Round Table favorite Gawain, from his strange birth to his upbringing among the poor to his ascension to the highest position—Emperor of Rome. In addition, there are some of the earliest tales of Arthur, deriving from the tradition of Celtic storytelling. The epic hero is represented in such powerful stories as “The Adventures of Eagle-boy” and “The Coming of Merlin,” which is based on the early medieval text Vita Merlini and tells a completely new version of the great enchanter’s story. The Great Book of King Arthur includes 15 full-color paintings and 25 pencil drawings.
From Radio To Television
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Author : Vincent Terrace
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-10-14
From Radio To Television written by Vincent Terrace and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-14 with Performing Arts categories.
The early years of television relied in part on successful narratives of another medium, as studios adapted radio programs like Boston Blackie and Defense Attorney to the small screen. Many shows were adapted more than once, like the radio program Blondie, which inspired six television adaptations and 28 theatrical films. These are but a few of the 1,164 programs covered in this volume. Each program entry contains a detailed story line, years of broadcast, performer and character casts and principal production credits where possible. Two appendices ("Almost a Transition" and "Television to Radio") and a performer's index conclude the book. This first-of-its-kind encyclopedia covers many little-known programs that have rarely been discussed in print (e.g., Real George, based on Me and Janie; Volume One, based on Quiet, Please; and Galaxy, based on X Minus One). Covered programs include The Great Gildersleeve, Howdy Doody, My Friend Irma, My Little Margie, Space Patrol and Vic and Sade.