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"Another great series." β San Jose Mercury News
**"A dazzlingly tricky mystery." β Kirkus Reviews
"A tremendous skein of red herrings, sharp and thorough police work, [and] mysterious connections." β Bookgasm**
It's Christmastime in Brighton, and the city is abuzz about magician Max Mephisto's star turn in Aladdin. But the holiday cheer is lost on DI Edgar Stephens. He's investigating the murder of two children, Annie and Mark, who were found in the woods alongside a trail of candyβa horrifying scene eerily reminiscent of "Hansel and Gretel."
Edgar has plenty of leads. Annie, a dark child, wrote gruesome plays based on the Grimms' fairy tales. Does the key to the case lie in her final script? Or does the macabre staging of the bodies point to the theater and the capricious cast of Aladdin? Edgar enlists Max's help in penetrating the shadowy world of the theater. But is...
Mystery
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SUMMARY: In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion . . . and anything is possible. In Smoke and Mirrors, Gaiman's imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wondersβwhere an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assa
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion ... and anything is possible. In Smoke and Mirrors, Gaiman's imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders--where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins adve
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion ... and anything is possible. In Smoke and Mirrors, Gaiman's imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders--where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins adve
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion . . . and anything is possible. In *Smoke and Mirrors*, Gaiman's imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonderswhere an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins ad