Jacket design by Gavin L. O'Keefe

DEATH FROM A TOP HAT

Clayton Rawson

  DEATH FROM A TOP HAT introduced the Great Merlini to the reading public in 1938, followed by THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING in 1939, THE HEADLESS LADY in 1940 and NO COFFIN FOR THE CORPSE in 1942. He also wrote DEATH OUT OF THIN AIR in 1947 under the pseudonym, Stuart Towne. Ramble House is proud to bring the four Merlini books back for modern readers. Their blend of magic lore and detectiving has never been matched and you learn about historical legerdemain at the same time you’re enjoying a wildly rousing “impossible” mystery. With Gavin O’Keefe’s beautiful new cover art the new Ramble House trade paperback  editions  will  be  the  centerpiece  of  your  vintage library.