The Warlock Effect: A highly entertaining, twisty adventure filled with magic, illusions and Cold War espionage

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This book definitely has magic in it because I was spellbound and couldn’t tear myself away from the pages. Its protagonist is Louis Warlock, a young Jewish-German refugee to Britain during the second world war who grows up to become a famous stage magician and illusionist. Maybe I didn't quite believe that Louis could survive Funhouse with his brain turned to mush but still be able to transmit a perfectly clear Morse message while pretending to be worse off than he was and answering verbal questions. This story has everything you need to keep you turning the pages, I learnt so much and I can still remember those 12 words. HNS Awards have helped discover and launch the author careers of Michel Faber, Ruth Downie, Hilary Green, Martin Sutton, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, Nikki Marmery, Margaret Skea, Warwick Cairns, Katherine Mezzacappa and Elizabeth Macneal.

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. The magical explication throughout is well done and thoughtful but I would've liked a few extra twists in the plot itself, as it felt a little linear. This context is central to the whole novel, so it's bizarre that it's not mentioned anywhere in the marketing.More espionage, more background on the antagonist and secondary characters, more Soviet goings-on, more magic tricks. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Back in the cold war, the Americans believed that the Russians were harnessing psychic powers and brainwashing, and they were really scared about that,” said Nyman. Jane Seymour as mystic Solitaire, left, and Roger Moore as James Bond in 1973 film Live and Let Die. Which, OK, at moments does approach the vertiginous quality of The Avengers when it was in its less affably whimsical mode - but where too much relies on a series of twists that you'd be hard-pressed not to see coming.

As a boy, Ludvik Weinschenk fled Nazi Germany to England with a pack of playing cards and three tricks to his name.A gorgeous period setting in the ‘50s with a very different kind of hero – plus magic and espionage and cliffhanger after cliffhanger. Both Nyman and Dyson manage to bring the attributes that made them famous to the table, making for a book that blends history, comedy and suspense to exceptionally good effect. Sue Vertue, Steven Moffat, and Brian Minchin will Executive Produce for Hartswood Films with Dyson and Nyman writing and acting as showrunners on the series. Louis is taken against his will, removed from his friends and fiancée and thrust into a Kafka-esque world of mind games. I’m not going to tell you anything about this book as it needs to be read to appreciate its uniqueness.