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1) The pawn
Author
Series
Bowers files volume 1
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Description
Special Agent Patrick Bowers had only met one man who made him truly afraid. Until now. When he's called to North Carolina to consult on the case of an area serial killer, he finds himself in a deadly game. Cunning and lethal, the killer is always one step ahead of the law, and he's about to strike again. It will take all of Bowers's instincts and training to stop this man who calls himself the Illusionist. And just when the pieces start to come together,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
32
Description
Struggling with various challenges that hamper his burgeoning skills as a magician, young Hedgehog despairs of making Mouse disappear, pulling too-large Rabbit out of his hat, and rendering timid Duckling an effective assistant until his growing sadness inspires his friends to prepare a special surprise.
3) Iron cast
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Formats
Description
In 1919 Boston, best friends Corinne and Ada perform illegally as illusionists in an infamous gangster's nightclub, using their "afflicted" blood to con Boston's elite, until the law closes in.
4) Shadowplay
Author
Series
Micah Grey trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 20 cm
Description
Micah must help Maske the magician escape those who pursue him, see where his feelings for Drystan will go, and find out how he and Cyan are tied into the mysteries of ancient and modern Ellada.
5) Masquerade
Author
Series
Micah Grey trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
Micah's powers force him to turn to the untrustworthy Dr. Pozzi, as anti-royalist unrest threatens Ellada, and an ancient sect that once nearly destroyed the world reappears to spread terror when the Chimaera reveal they still exist.
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 5
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
342 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Sarah Jane has come to Isabelle Harton's school in London, a happy child with unusual gifts, but will Isabelle be able to keep her safe from a powerful intent to harm her?
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Investigating a murder committed in the style of a famous magic trick, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens reconnects with an illusionist friend from World War II to uncover links to their special ops service.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Illustrations and simple text introduce Zip, an unlucky alien magician, and his friend Bip. Includes note to parents, introduction to the books vocabulary, and reading comprehension questions.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
36 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magicians, he learns that his grandfather's rabbit, Enigma, has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder.
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Series
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Max Mephisto and his daughter Ruby are headlining Brighton Hippodrome, an achievement only slightly marred by the less-than-savoury support act: a tableau show of naked 'living statues'. This might appear to have nothing in common with DI Edgar Stephens' current case of the death of a quiet flowerseller, but if there's one thing the old comrades have learned it's that, in Brighton, the line between art and life - and death - is all too easily blurred...
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
cp2008. c1997
Physical Desc
10 CDs (12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine-- who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years-- learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the adventure she embarks upon, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her. Sabine's extraordinary tale captures the...
13) Deception Cove
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
419 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Description
As a light-talent, Alice North has the rare ability to make things disappear, including herself -- a gift that comes in handy during her magic act with her dust bunny Houdini. Business mogul Drake Sebastian is day-blind, since his sight was nearly destroyed in a lab accident. But he's the one man who can see Alice when she disappears -- and he needs her. On Rainshadow Island, two dangerous Old World crystals are missing, igniting a paranormal storm....
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
100 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
The boy polishes the Magician's wands and catches the rabbits that the Magician pulls out of his hats. But the boy's favorite job is the operation of the puppets for the Magicians' famous puppet play, "Saint George and the Dragon, "--until one terrible day when, in the middle of a performance, the boy can't find the Saint George puppet. The magician is furious. He points a long magical finger at the boy, and -- poof! -- the boy is suddenly in the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"In the sequel to the "captivating"* Zig Zag Girl, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto hunt for a killer after two children are murdered in a tragic tableau of a very grim fairy tale. *Wall Street Journal 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...
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