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The Smoking Mirror follows Celia McNeill as she navigates early World War II Europe. Detained for visa issues while traveling to a new job in Paris, Celia finds herself in Dieppe where she encounters the enigmatic card master Sergei Radetzkoy. Seeking cash, she enters into a risky arrangement with Radetzkoy, who claims he is merely lucky at cards. However, looming consequences unfold when criminal operatives hunting Radetzkoy’s winnings demand his secret system. Radetzkoy’s fashionable benefactors also show a keen interest in his exceptional casino skill. The stakes rise as kidnapping, betrayal, and murder interweave with the escalating threat of a Nazi invasion.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Helen McCloy
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