Now You See It . . .

Richard Matheson

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Maximillian Delacorte was once the world’s greatest stage magician. Now a recluse, suffering from a mysterious disease, he lures his family and associates to his lonely estate for an afternoon of magic, madness, and revenge. Bodies appear and disappear without warning, severed heads speak words of hate, and nothing is ever quite what it appears. As grisly tricks lead to ever more surprising twists, not even the Great Delacorte can tell where illusion ends—and murder begins.

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Chapter 1
 
 
Daresay you’ve never, in your life, read a story written by a vegetable. Well, here’s your chance. Not that it’s a story. It happened; I was there.
Your narrator and humble servant, Mr. Vegetable.
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My name is Emil Delacorte. When all this occurred, I was seventy-three.
You’ve probably never heard of me, even though I was a headlining magician in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s; called The Great Delacorte—a title I passed along to my son. I’m sure you’ve heard of him.

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“One of his strongest efforts. . . . We’re all a lot richer to have Richard Matheson among us.”
—Dean Koontz

“A fascinating variation on the locked-room mystery. . . with more hairpin turns than a mountain road. Now You See It . . . is absorbing.” —The Washington Post Book World

“There are as many twists and turns as a medieval catacomb in one of the most fun novels of the year.”—Rocky Mountain News

“Matheson’s prose is extremely smooth and the pacing frantic, with some outrageous surprise coming at least once per chapter, every three or four pages. The plot takes so many 180-degree turns that it spins.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Amber  rated it  
Jun 14, 2008
Absolutely magical. Har har har...okay bad joke. But this novel's twists and turns only could come from one place, el genio Richard Matheson. I tried to explain it to my husband when I finished and just got hopelessly confused. ...more
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Patrick  rated it  
Jan 23, 2008
This double-crossing murder mystery involving a magician and his adult son seemed like Matheson was challening himself to put in as many plot twists as possible without turning into a farce. Almost has the feel of a stage play because of the small cast and the fact that the entire story takes place ...more
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Jess  rated it  
Feb 2, 2012
Twisting, turning, and full of magic...what's NOT to like? ...more
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Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson is The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Other Kingdoms, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, Seven Steps to Midnight, and What Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels, Matheson wrote screenplays, and he wrote for several Twilight Zone episodes, including “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” based on his short story. He was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, and fought in the infantry in World War II. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. He lives in Calabasas, California.

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Now You See It . . .
Richard Matheson

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
October 2003
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ISBN: 9780765308726
ISBN10: 076530872X
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 224 pages
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August 1996
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ISBN: 9780812548112
ISBN10: 0812548116
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