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Murder by Magic by Grant, Maxwell; Gibson, Walter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Murder by Magic about?

MURDER BY MAGIC was originally published in the August 1945 issue of The Shadow Magazine. Ah, magic... not voodoo or black magic; no spells or incantations. We're talking waxed mustaches and silk tophats, here. Levitations, prestidigitation, conjuring, illusions and feats of legerdemain. And when professional magicians' props begin to be used to commit murder, The Shadow must step in to find the madman who is killing off magicians. Author Walter Gibson was an accomplished magician in his own right, in addition to writing The Shadow. He wrote magic books under his own name, and ghost-wrote for several professional magicians, as well. His extensive background in magic really shows through in this story. Although in the interests of a good story, he did stretch the abilities of certain magic tricks, he did generally describe accurately a wide variety of tricks and props in this mystery tale. There are two magicians' organizations in this 1945 story: The Universal Wizards Association and the Society of Sorcery. Not exactly rivals, since there was an appreciable overlap in their membership, but two separate clubs. Much like the two real-life organizations running at that time, the IBM (

Who reads Murder by Magic?

Author

Grant, Maxwell; Gibson, Walter

Publisher

Street & Smith

Published

1945

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Rating

4.27 / 5 (82 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14