Murder by Magic by Paul Tomlinson

Author:Paul Tomlinson [Tomlinson, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paul Tomlinson
Published: 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

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“That was the best meal I ever ate in my life,” Malloy said, slumped in the back of the taxi, eyes closed.

“You said that the last time we ate at Giancarlo’s,” Vickery said.

Malloy thought about this. “The linguine is now relegated to second-best,” he said.

Vickery chuckled. “Did I tell you that Barry Cole has said he’ll do the rugs for us,” he said, clearly pleased.

“The rugs?” Malloy said. “You’re redecorating?”

“For the illusion with the table,” Vickery said. “I told you the moths had been at the old rug.”

“You did. And I’m sure you thought I knew what you were talking about.”

“We needed two identical rugs so that we can have a hole cut in one for you to come up through when you materialise on the table,” Vickery said. “Larry is going to cut them and stitch them for us.”

“That’s grand, that is,” Malloy said, still not sure why they needed a rug with a hole in it. He remembered a discussion about him disappearing from a chair and reappearing on a table, but when Vickery had started to explain how the illusions were to be performed, he hadn’t really been able to follow the thread.

“And you remember Bryan? We met him at the Dog and Partridge?”

“The blond bear who said you had nice eyes?” Malloy said.

“He has agreed to handle the apparatus under the stage for me.”

“That’s not a euphemism, is it?” Malloy asked.

Vickery frowned, confused.

“I thought perhaps you were speaking Polari or something,” Malloy said.

“I’m nanti,” Vickery said.

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