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CITY OF DARK MAGIC

Magnus Flyte

CITY OF MAGIC contains a lot of different elements—suspense, romance, history, and fantasy—that work incredibly well together and make for a really fun, fast-paced read.
Sarah Weston is a brilliant but struggling graduate student in Massachusetts, diligently researching pitch perception in the brain when she receives an invitation to work in Prague for the summer. She finds herself among a team of international scholars hired by the formerly royal Lobkowicz family to archive their restituted treasures, which include artwork, guns, rare documents, and a trove of Beethoven’s papers. Sarah works away on cataloging Beethoven’s documents, but she has another mission: to covertly investigate the mysterious death of her mentor, who’d been on the team until he committed suicide. In the process of piecing together the circumstances of her professor’s death, Sarah finds herself caught up in palace intrigues, professional jealousies, and dark secrets that span centuries. She also makes some startling discoveries involving sixteenth-century alchemists, and parses through the professor’s clues about Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved.
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Published 2012-11-27 by Penguin Books

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Published 2012-11-27 by Penguin Books

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Why Women Writers Still Take Men's Names. In 'City of Dark Magic," a new fantasy novel about a Beethoven scholar and a murder mystery in Prague, no one is quite who they seem to be. Neither, it turns out, is the author, Magnus Flyte, a supposed international man of mystery, who is actually a pseudonym for the book's authors, Christina Lynch and Meg Howrey. Read more...

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The most wickedly enchanting novel I ve ever read and also the funniest. A Champagne magnum of intrigue and wit, this book sparkles from beginning to end.

#11 on the LA Times list for the week of December 30, 2012!

This deliciously madcap novel has it all: murder in Prague, time travel, a misanthropic Beethoven, tantric sex, and a dwarf with attitude. I salute you, Magnus Flyte!

Cleverly combining time travel, murder, history, and musical lore, this is a breezy, lighthearted novel… In a story that abounds in mysterious portents, wild coincidences, violent death, and furtive but lusty sexual congress, Flyte also offers a veritable guide to Prague that includes such historical references as Rabbi Loew's golem, the Golden Fleece, the Holy Infant of Prague, and a vault under St. Vitus Cathedral, where Sarah and Max find themselves in a tense denouement that promises a sequel.

The darkly charming and twisted streets of Prague provide the deliciously dramatic backdrop for this paranormal romp that fires on all cylinders, masquerading by turns as a romance, a time-travel thriller, and a tongue-in-cheek mystery…What follows is a pulse-pounding adventure, as Sarah, with the aid of a powerful mind- and time-bending drug, zips through the centuries in search of clues that will unlock a timeless musical mystery.

The riddle of Beethoven’s 'Immortal Beloved,' alchemy and clandestine love fuse in this fast-paced, funny, romantic mystery. ... An exuberant, surprising gem.

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