An American Mystery Classic: Death from a Top Hat: A Great Merlini Mystery (Paperback)

from antiquary

An unpleasant scholar of black magic is found dead in a locked room, but since most of the suspects (and the detective, the Great Merlini) are (stage) magicians, any number of rational explanations are possible. I loved the concept of this series, but somehow did not feel it lived up to it in exe...

from RedQueen

This is exactly what ebooks are good for - reissuing older books I would not ordinarily have found. This series is locked room / impossible crime from the 30s & 40s. The main character is a semi-retired stage magician & many of the stories are salted with slight of hand and other diversions. Like...

from Bridgey

Death from a Top Hat **** This is the first book in a trilogy that show case the talents of the 'Great Merlini'. It features a 'locked room mystery whereby the murder is seemingly committed by an unknown assailant with no means of entrance or exit. The plot follows a typical Agatha Christie type ...