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Murder by Magic: Twenty Tales of Crime and the Supernatural

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Murder by Magic: Twenty Tales of Crime and the Supernatural

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This anthology features 20 original stories of murder by acclaimed and award-winning science fiction and fantasy writers.

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ISBN-13:	9780446679626
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2004
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

	Introduction	1
Part I	Murder Most Modern	3
	Piece of Mind	5
	Special Suprise Guest Appearance by ...	21
	Doppelgangster	35
	Mixed Marriages Can Be Murder	51
	The Case of the Headless Corpse	63
Part II	Murder Unclassifiable	81
	A Death in the Working	83
	Cold Case	95
	Snake in the Grass	111
	Double Jeopardy	125
	Witch Sight	139
	Overrush	155
Part III	Murder Most Genteel	171
	Captured in Silver	173
	A Night at the Opera	189
	A Tremble in the Air	205
	Murder Entailed	225
Part IV	Murder Fantastical	243
	Dropping Hints	245
	Au Purr	259
	Getting the Chair	277
Part V	Murder Most Historical	293
	The Necromancer's Apprentice	295
	Grey Eminence	311
	Afterword	341
	About the Editor	346

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Although authors such as Randall Garrett in his acclaimed Lord Darcy series successfully melded whodunit plots with alternate universes where magic is real, few of the 20 supernatural mystery short stories in Edghill's all-original anthology rise above the mundane. Inspired contributions include Teresa Edgerton's "Captured in Silver," a nice ghostly locked-room murder tale, and Lillian Stewart Carl's "The Necromancer's Apprentice," which presents an interesting solution to the actual mystery surrounding the death of Amy Robsart, wife of Elizabeth I's favorite lord, balancing wizardry with astute deductions about the political motives of those who stood to benefit. The standout, James D. Macdonald's "A Tremble in the Air," introduces a psychic detective, Orville Nesbit, who's clearly heir to the tradition of such sleuths as Algernon Blackwood's John Silence and who deserves to live on in further tales. Unfortunately, most of the other stories rely on catchy gimmicks (e.g., a husband-and-wife sorcerer team based on Nick and Nora Charles in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's "A Night at the Opera") rather than well-crafted puzzles. The jacket art showing a white-bearded wizard gazing at a body outline on the flagstones of a foggy, gas-lit street amusingly evokes the fantasy-crime blend. (Oct.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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In "Piece of Mind," Jennifer Robinson introduces a detective who can communicate with even the most unusual witnesses, while in Mercedes Lackey's "Grey Eminence," two young girls in Victorian England are pursued by a supernatural killer. Mingling fantasy with mystery, this collection of 20 tales by such diverse authors as Carole Nelson Douglas, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Esther Friesner should attract a wide readership among aficionados of these genres. Recommended. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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