The Devil's Marque
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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- $3.99
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Meet Calliope Dancer: confectiontionaire extraordinaire
with abilities to connive, control, and correct everything
she contracts for and more. Or she thought until a spider
and a lawyer catch her in their web, and her candy
helps not at all to get her beyond their wall. The police
are unamused and her client unsatisfied. Now what can she do?
What starts out as a favor for a friend soon turns into a very
strange and dangerous assignment from a client that Calliope
wishes she had never heard of. Good and evil weave a tangled
web that only a very old and crafty being seems to understand.
Maybe it is just a dream from too much sugar and chemistry.
After all, life can’t be that strange – can it?
Customer Reviews
Marque This Must Read!
This was a delightful first outing penned by Mike Macartney. Calliope Dancer is a chocolatier whose special recipes are not your average box of Russel Stover’s fare. In fact Miss Dancer is exceptional in every way, and can charm anyone she needs to with her homemade candies and her sparkling personality, from fiendish heavies to the President of France. And yet when she takes on a case that proves difficult even for her brilliant abilities, Dancer finds that the Devil himself is the least of her worries. The lines between magic and science are blurred in this masterfully woven tale, and the author suggests that magic is only a word for that which is still unknown.
This is a book filled with rich description, from the confectionary delicacies to the antique furniture to exotic locales, and a full cast of colorful characters from various points of history. It was a well-written, fun and unique read, and I do hope we will hear from Miss Dancer and Mr. Macartney again!