Books like Miss Shumway waves a wand by James Hadley Chase

The Witches is a dark fantasy for children by Roald Dahl that follows a young boy and his grandmother as they confront a secret society of child‑hating witches ruled by the Grand High Witch.

A modern coming‑of‑age fantasy that follows Quentin Coldwater as he discovers a secret college of magic and the darker truth behind his beloved fictional world, Fillory.

In the unforgettable Le Cirque des Rêves, two young magicians, Celia and Marco, are locked in a nocturnal duel of wonder and will—an impossible game where love and magic collide on a stage of breathtaking spectacle.

In Sid Fleischman’s Newbery‑Medal‑winning adventure, orphan Jemmy becomes the whipping boy for a cruel prince, forcing him to confront the royal tyrant in a dramatic, humor‑laden tale of friendship and bravery.

A maid in Paris investigates a serial murder and becomes involved in the world of exotic call girls.

Six days of the Condor: A thrilling mystery series about a CIA operative in the Middle East who must uncover the truth about a deadly plot.

American gangster Dillon revives his criminal career in a 1940s tale of ambition, peril, and betrayal, aided by small‑time operators, a boxing‑girl’s daughter and a big‑time racketeer.

Harry Duke had a reputation both as a gambler and someone you didn't mess with, as he'd once killed a man. Then someone tries to make it look like he's killed again. A neat frame up. But Duke's still got some aces in his hand. Aces, and a gun.

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In a city where magic is a scarce resource, a boy named Conn becomes an unlikely wizard apprentice and sets out to find his own locus stone while uncovering the mystery of the city’s disappearing magic.

Zoe Rose never quite fit in. As the only kid in kindergarten with an enormous red afro, Zoe was taunted by the other little girls for refusing to share her "Annie" wig, even when she swore it was her own hair (it was).In second grade, after seeing her best friend ridiculed for wearing a dirty, pink, polka-dot party dress to school every day, she became obsessed with understanding what makes normal girls tick and why they're so cruel to the girls who never seem to "get it."And so Zoe begins a lifelong study of girl behavior, and by thirty, finds herself editor of Issues magazine. Determined to raid the locker room of the female psyche and rip open the frilly facade of femininity once and for all, she sets out to reform an entire nation of women, beginning with the readers of the most notorious magazine on Madison Avenue.It's the feminist vs. the fashionistas.Can Zoe stop girls from behaving badly toward other girls, and turn them into a strong, united force that can succeed in our male-dominated world? Or will her spectacularly warped sense of humor, pathetic wardrobe, and plethora of psychosomatic illnesses get her eaten alive?Zoe's willing to risk losing it all, including her mind, but she'll walk away with something she never dreamed she wanted: the little girl hiding inside of her.

Journalist Nick Mason delves into a murder frame‑up, uncovering a cover‑up at Mackenzie Fabric Corporation, while danger looms from a gunman and a hooker, yet an alluring employee named Mardi may guide him to the truth.

Private investigator Floyd Jackson is lured into a dangerous scheme when agent Cornelius Gorman hires him to retrieve a stolen Cellini dagger from millionaire Lindsay Brett’s house. The beguiling Veda Rux’s allure leads Jackson into a deadly web of intrigue.

During the Regency era, Lord Devlin Steele must protect his newfound love, Miss Maddy, and her child while navigating the dangers of London’s underworld after the Battle of Waterloo.