{"product_id":"murder-and-magic-9781625671950","title":"Murder and Magic","description":"This Sidewise Award-winning series starring detective Lord Darcy and his sorcerer sidekick, Sean O Lochlainn, takes us into an alternate reality where Richard the Lionheart's descendants rule the Anglo-French Empire and the laws of magic have developed in place of the laws of physics. Murder and Magic, comprised of the first four stories of the acclaimed Lord Darcy series, finds Lord Darcy solving murders using his wits, a keen eye for observation, and a few choice magic tricks.In \"The Eyes Have it,\" Lord Darcy must figure out who killed the taciturn playboy, the Count D'Evreux.In the political thriller \"A Case of Identity,\" Lord Darcy picks apart the disappearance of the Marquis of Cherbourg, especially mysterious considering the escalating cold war with Poland.Lord Darcy and Master Sean investigate a body coated in blue paint already occupying a coffin built for the late Duke of Kent in \"The Muddle of the Woad.\"Literary humor is at the heart of \"In a Stretch of the Imagination,\" where the head of an important publishing house commits suicide under suspicious circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVicki Ann Heydron met Randall Garrett in 1975. In 1978, they were married, and also began planning the Gandalara Cycle. A broad outline for the entire Cycle had been completed, and a draft of \u003ci\u003eThe Steel of Raithskar\u003c\/i\u003e nearly finished, when Randall suffered serious and permanent injury. Working from their outline, Vicki completed the Cycle. Of all seven books, Vicki feels that \u003ci\u003eThe River Wall\u003c\/i\u003e is most uniquely hers. The other titles in the Cycle are \u003ci\u003eThe Glass of Dyskornis, The Bronze of Eddarta, The Well of Darkness, The Search for K?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReturn to Eddarta.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856141881618,"sku":"9781625671950","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_633071ab-ca4d-4f5c-9a36-55cedc0d72ec.jpg?v=1737496854","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/murder-and-magic-9781625671950","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}