The Warlock Effect: A highly entertaining, twisty adventure filled with magic, illusions and Cold War espionage

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I think the seed was first planted about 20 years ago when a book came out by a magician we both really respect and it lit the fuse of this idea of the transferable skills between magic and spying,” said Dyson. Mr Aldous, editor of Illustrated, who has previous history with Louis, challenges him to prove his magic is ‘real’. His assistant (and fiancée) Dinah is hidden within a three-mile radius, and Louis must find her within three hours, blindfolded, only using his ‘psychic’ mental connection to her. They secretly communicate messages to each other by tapping their fingers in Morse code. He passes the test.

Thriller set in the world of 1950s magic, co-written by Derren Brown's show-creating partner and one of the League of Gentlemen (who has apparently written a novel before). I am generally cautious of novels by people off the telly, on the grounds of having read novels by people off the telly (especially the ones infesting children's publishing like Japanese knotweed, don't start me on that), but Nyman is clearly a genius and I love stage magic with an abiding passion, so I had to have it.His talent for deception then attracts the attention of the British Secret Service, so get ready Ludvik is thrown into the perilous world of espionage as he is sent across Europe with a dangerous mission to fulfil. But after his talent for deception attracts the attention of the British secret service, Louis is thrown into the perilous world of espionage and finds himself sent across Europe with a dangerous mission to fulfil. I love it when I come across a book that holds my attention and I’m not reading the same old same old stories. That took me to the blurb which sounded so delicious it rendered me powerless to resist. So I didn't!

The period atmosphere and the Cold War detail feel like a Le Carré but it's the characters you really care about. Exactly like some of the magic it describes, the odd sleight of hand or false deception wrapped around a terrific mystery.' IAN MOORE Man about town, denizen of Soho's nightclubs and cabaret bars - and the most skilled magician of his time . . . RYAN'The period atmosphere and the Cold War detail feel like a Le Carre but it's the characters you really care about. Sue Vertue, Steven Moffat, and Brian Minchin will Executive Produce for Hartswood Films with Dyson and Nyman writing and acting as showrunners on the series. Jeremy Dyson is co-creator of the West End hit play and film Ghost Stories, and a founding member of the team behind award-winning BBC series The League of Gentlemen. He has written and script edited many series, including Killing Eve. He is the writer of a novel and two collections of short stories, one the Edge Hill award winner The Crane that Builds the Cranes.The magical explication throughout is well done and thoughtful but I would've liked a few extra twists in the plot itself, as it felt a little linear. The bookstore be closed on November 1rst for the bank holiday. Operations will resume the following day. Intriguing and completely original, this Cold War spy novel is just what every bookshelf needs' W.C. RYAN