Laws Of Witchcraft – CJ Archer

If ye find some, let me ken straight away.” A thin, worn-out woman bumped me as she clipped a youth over the head with the back of her hand then ordered him to get home where his Da would deal with him. While her loud admonishing caught the attention of the others waiting and many of the policeman, it was the man standing at the counter that interested me.

I tapped Oscar’s arm. “That’s Kinloch’s butler, Redmayne.” Oscar followed my gaze. “What’s he doing here?” “Shall we ask him?” Miss Wheeler didn’t wait for Oscar’s answer. She strode up to Redmayne as he turned away from the counter after speaking to the sergeant on duty. Behind me, D.I. Smith muttered something about meddling women before joining her. “Good morning, Redmayne,” Miss Wheeler said cheerfully. “Do you remember me from last evening?” The butler was surprised to see her, but quickly schooled his features, so that by the time we greeted him, he’d resumed an imperiously indifferent expression.

“Indeed, I do.” “Is there a problem at Mr. Kinloch’s house?” she asked. “Nothing for you to concern yourself with, Miss Wheeler.” “You can concern me with it,” D.I. Smith said. It wasn’t the butler who answered, however. It was the sergeant behind the counter. “Mr. Redmayne here says a police presence is needed outside the Kinloch house, sir.

The public and press are in the way and frightening the residents. Shall I send some men, sir?” D.I. Smith nodded and the sergeant spoke to the constable seated at the desk behind him. The latter picked up his helmet, collected a colleague, and headed out of the station with both. Redmayne thanked D.I. Smith, then asked him a rather curious question. “Has Blackburn been in to speak to you this morning?”

“No. Why would he? Has he remembered something relevant?” “The opposite.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. OceanofPDF.com ABOUT: LAWS OF WITCHCRAFT Fans of the Glass and Steele and The Glass Library series will delight in the new magical historical mystery by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author C.J. Archer. Set in the years between the two series, the first volume of Professor Gavin Nash’s memoir features beloved characters on a quest for a rare book.

When Gavin travels to Edinburgh with his good friend Oscar Barratt, he’s eager to acquire a centuries-old book on witchcraft for the soon-to- open Glass Library. Even with ruthless railroad magnate John J. Defoe in the bidding, the victory comes easily. Perhaps too easily. Hours later, the book is stolen. A single clue links the theft to the recent abduction of two women, both magicians. Desperate to recover the book, Gavin and Oscar find an unexpected ally in Defoe’s enigmatic assistant, Miss Wheeler.

But as they delve into the mystery, they uncover far more than they bargained for: a secretive sect, a descendant of the Witchfinder General, and forbidden love letters. With time running out for the kidnapped women, can the unlikely trio untangle the lies from the truth before the magicians—and the book—are lost forever? OceanofPDF.com INTRODUCTION Dear Reader, A good book has the power to transport. A great book can be life- changing. I do not claim that my memoir is such a book, but I do hope you’ll understand by the end how the adventures I recount—of which this is the first—changed me.

As I sit down to write this memoir in 1920, I am taken back to the disruptive days of the early 1890s, when the world first learned of the existence of magicians, forced into hiding for centuries. Laws were introduced to end their persecution. New commercial opportunities arose. Lives and livelihoods changed for so many, both magicians and the artless.

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