Clayton Rawson: 7 books
The Great Merlini: The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective
The Complete Stories of the Magician Detective
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
A dozen compact puzzles from a master of the locked-room mystery
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...
by Clayton Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
A clever magician tries to solve the case of a locked-room murder that only a talented escape artist could have committed.
Freelance scribe Ross Harte is working on an essay about the sad state of the modern mystery novel when a scream comes from the hallway: “There is death in that room!”...
by Clayton Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Edgar Award–Winning Author: A sleuthing magician investigates an allegedly haunted house on an island off Manhattan—and uncovers a murder.
“Wanted To Rent*: Haunted House, preferably in rundown condition. Must be adequately supplied with interesting ghost.”*
Ross Harte knows...
by Clayton Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
A circus owner’s murder produces a roster of bizarre suspects
Summer 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...
by Clayton Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
A murdered blackmailer haunts a captain of industry
When 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....
by Clayton Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Trapped in a dead man’s office, Don Diavolo plans his greatest escape
This collection brings together two adventures with Don Diavolo, the Scarlet Wizard.
The first opens in his machinist’s workshop, where Diavolo perfects his newest feat: the Escape from the Double Crystal Water...
by Clayton Rawson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Two tall tales of mystery, the occult, and death-defying escapes
The women of London have taken to wearing thin black bands around their necks. Is it a fashion accessory—or a stylish way of hiding bite marks? A string of strange deaths has struck the town, and witnesses claim to have seen...