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Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer, [1] editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini , a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies.
Ross-Clayton Funeral Home was the largest Black funeral chapel in the city and has a long history of community service, particularly during the civil rights movement. [12] [13] The funeral home supported the movement by providing transportation for black voters and participating in the Montgomery bus boycott, [14] [15] conduct class for colored wardens, with E. P. Wallace, serving as the ...
No Coffin for the Corpse is a whodunnit mystery novel written by Clayton Rawson. It is the last of four mysteries featuring The Great Merlini , a stage magician and Rawson's favorite protagonist. Merlini would however, continue to appear in some short stories.
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Massachusetts Democratic Representative Ayanna Pressley speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. urging President Joe Biden to commute the death sentences of federal inmates ...
At loose ends, he agrees to visit an old friend's family home in Hampshire, England to bear witness to some unusual happenings. A missing family will is at the heart of matters, but things are also complicated by someone who is playing the role of the ghost of Mr. Justice Wildfare, 18th century hanging judge and family ancestor.
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Death from a Top Hat (1938) is a locked-room mystery novel written by Clayton Rawson. It is the first of four mysteries featuring The Great Merlini, a stage magician and Rawson's favorite protagonist. [citation needed] In a poll of 17 detective story writers and reviewers, this novel was voted as the seventh best locked room mystery of all time ...