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Twelve   years later, in 1950s London, having risen through the ranks of concert   parties, night clubs and variety theatres, Ludvik - or Louis Warlock as he is   now known - is the most famous magician in Britain.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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. When he comes face to face with a nemesis whose cunning rivals his   own, Louis will need to use every trick in the book - or risk the most   terrible consequences, both for the country and for himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA highly   entertaining, fiendishly clever thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Warlock Effect\u003c\/i\u003e offers   a twist-filled, rollicking adventure - and a glimpse into the phenomenal mind   of an extraordinary magician.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE WARLOCK EFFECT:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A delicious confection from a pair of devilishly clever minds' \u003cb\u003eSTEVE PEMBERTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eA superb story of espionage and human endurance which casts its own vivid spell. In the stage magician Louis Warlock, Nyman and Dyson have created one of fiction's most complex and beguiling heroes' \u003cb\u003eJAY RAYNER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intriguing and completely original, this Cold War spy novel is just what every bookshelf needs' \u003cb\u003eW.C. RYAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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.'\u003cb\u003e IAN MOORE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Edge-of-your-seat stuff . . .  Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, \u003ci\u003eThe Warlock Effect \u003c\/i\u003eis a fiendish mix of history, humour and horror' \u003cb\u003eSJ BENNETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A thrilling and ingenious work of wonder. 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Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman's play Ghost Stories first started terrifying audiences at Liverpool Playhouse and the Lyric Hammersmith, London, in 2010, directed by its authors along with Sean Holmes – and has since become a worldwide cult phenomenon, with two West End transfers, productions in China, Australia, Canada and Europe, and an award-winning film adaptation. It was revived at the Lyric in 2019.   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