This book combines two things that I enjoy reading about very much: magic and espionage. And it does a good job with both — especially the magic. (One of the authors worked closely with Derren Brown.). There’s also a love story, which turns out to be (no spoilers here) more central to the plot than might appear at first. The book is set mostly in London in the early 1950s at the height of the Cold War. Warlock is called in by the authorities to help him with a tricky problem involving another magician who is a Soviet spy and … well, the plot gets a bit tricker from there. The cast of characters includes some truly vicious villains, but also a very likeable team of friends that works closely with the hero, Jewish magician Louis Warlock. At first they work on his stage performances and later, after he falls into the hands of some very nasty people. I wouldn’t be surprised if a second volume is on the way — and perhaps a movie too?