Books Details
Author : Julius Talen Pages : 263 pages Publisher : First Edition Design Publishing
Language : eng ISBN-10 : 28595024-smile-of-the-rictus ISBN-13 : 9781506901305
Books Descriptions
Smile of the Rictus is the first novel published by Australian author Julius Tales. It is
the first in the series dealing with an English inspector and her partner and
excommunicated stage magician Oliver Whitaker. While the story does not involve
any supernatural forces, it does deal with stage magic, illusions and slight of hand.A
detective with a secret...A serial killer posing as a superhero...A lie with the form of a
man...Question Your Reality.Chief inspector Adelaide Shaw is on the heels of a
vigilante who has enchanted the public with his supernatural performances and been
declared the world's first superhero.Not convinced, Adelaide believes him nothing
more than a serial killer and turns to the expertise of the excommunicated street
magician and tricksmith Oliver Whitaker.Together, they will uncover the truth and
enter a world where nothing is as it seems, bringing to light the two-hundred-year-
old legacy of The Rictus: royal magician to Queen Victoria and the only person in
