Friday, June 30, 2006

The Bullet Trick by Louise Welsh

When stage magician William Wilson accepts a gig at a policeman’s retirement party in Soho, he doesn’t realize just how much trouble it will cause. The retiree, Detective Inspector James Montgomery, has an envelope in his pocket whose contents are of interest to the club owner, Bill Noon; Montgomery used them to blackmail Bill’s father – and, later, Bill himself. So Bill would very much like to know what’s in that envelope; would William be kind enough to steal it for him?

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