Started: 2/26/2026
Finished: 2/24/2026
Year: 2024
Pages: 169
Genre: mystery
Grade: B
Reason for reading: library book, continuing wiht series
Type: hardcover
Blurb (from Amazon): "My name’s Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones in this funny mystery. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.
"So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. My suspects are all professional tricksters: masters of the art of misdirection.
"THE MAGICIAN
"THE ASSISTANT
"THE EXECUTIVE
"THE HYPNOTIST
"THE IDENTICAL TWIN
"THE COUNSELLOR
"THE TECH
"My clues are even more abstract: A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A baffling locked room mystery committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it’s Christmas.
"If I can see through the illusions, I know I can solve it.
"After all, a good murder is just like a magic trick, isn’t it?"
Opinion: The style of Stevenson's murder books are refreshingly different. A fun quick murder mystery with plenty of suspects.
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