* Telegraph Summer Reading Paperback Fiction Choice *Ĭarter Beats the Devil is a cracking murder mystery unfurling the genteel milleu * The Times * * Barbara Mella, What's on in London *Īn audaciously plotted and wonderfully camp adventure.

* Arena Summer Reading *Ĭarter Beats the Devil is all the things a good novel should be. An inventively plotted novel that despite its size manages to surprise at every twist. This is the curtain-raiser for an intricately structured feast of a novel.a wonderful swirling novel * The Daily Telegraph * This pacy book rips along to a marvellous and truly unexpected denouement * The Times *Īn enormously assured first novel * New York Times * With elements of the whodunnit and, crucially for a book about magic tricks, the howdunnit, this is a four-course meal of a novel * The Guardian * * Eve *Ī stormer of a novel, this is the perfect read for people who despise airport blockbusters yet find themselves on aeroplanes longing for a good, meaty page turner * The Guardian *

you're unlikely to read a better book this year. a daredevil feat of writing that will remind you how much fun reading can be * Helen Brown, Daily Telegraph *īrilliantly inventive and constantly surprising. * Charles Palliser *Īn extraordinary story. The plot is endlessly inventive and surprising and pulls the reader through some very complicated events in the most compelling way. Encore please! * The Face *Ī magnificent achievement. The droll, good-natured narrative never stumbles over 600 pages and Gold's characters, the endearingly troubled Carter at the top of the bill, sit so naturally in the proceedings they positively seem to enjoy being part of his show. What's most unbelievable about this stagey set-up is that it's based on actual events. It's refreshing to see an author so obviously into his characters and debut novelist Glen David Gold radiates enthusiasm in his tale of magician Charles Carter, implicated in the death of 29th US president Warren Harding.

Savour its every page * Graham Caveney, Independent *Ī top-hat-and-tails performance.suspenseful, compendious, moving and persuasive * Michael Chabon *

the plot turns a dazzling array of somersaults. * Christian House, Independent on Sunday * Engaging, comical and, yes, magical, this is a sure-fire contender for the debut novel of the year.

Carter beats the devil