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Clayton Rawson
Full Series List in Order
A Don Diavolo Mystery
Death from Nowhere (May-2012)Death out of Thin Air (May-2012)
A Great Merlini Mystery
Death from a Top Hat (Jun-1986)Off The Face Of The Earth (Jan-1987)
The Footprints on the Ceiling (Jun-1987)
The Headless Lady (Jun-1987)
No Coffin for the Corpse (Aug-1997)
Book List in Order: 8 titles
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The Great Merlini
- 1979
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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...
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Death from a Top Hat
- Jun-1986
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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...
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The Footprints on the Ceiling
- Jun-1987
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Investigating a haunted house, Merlini finds a fresh murder.
“Wanted To Rent: Haunted House, preferably in rundown condition. Must be adequately supplied with interesting ghost.” Ross Harte knows that only the Great Merlini could...
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The Headless Lady
- Jun-1987
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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 the...
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No Coffin for the Corpse
- Aug-1997
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A murdered blackmailer haunts a captain of industry When Ross Harte gets into a screaming match with his fiancee'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 em...
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Death from Nowhere
- May-2012
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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: ...
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Death out of Thin Air
- May-2012
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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 stru...