Synopses & Reviews
Magic or Murder?When miserly landlord Henry Deutch is found dead of an apparent heart attack, no one is happier than Anna Young. It was Henry who evicted Anna's mother from his Catskill tenement, which eventually led to her death. Anna swore a blood oath of vengence, but her alleged attacks were purely metaphysical. Yet, some claim them mortally effective; those who frequent her tiny shop for love charms and protective amulets attest that Anna Young is a master of black magic.
Now a politically ambitious prosecuter has filed first-degree murder charges against Anna, contending that her spell casting litteraly frightened old Henry to death. And though the public remains divided among those who believe in Anna's powers and those who think she's a murderous fraud, one Del Pearson, her court appointed lawyer, is about to discover the truth: whether Anna Young is a harmless charlatan, a cold blooded killer...or quite something else indeed.
About the Author
Andrew Neiderman is the author of more than forty-five thrillers, the most well-known of which is
The Devil’s Advocate, a major Warner Bros. feature film. It is in development as a stage musical in London and a stage play in The Netherlands, and it is being developed as an NBC television series. He is also well-known as the ghostwriter of the V.C. Andrews® novels, having published over seventy new titles, making him one of the most successful ghostwriters in American and international publishing. Seven of his titles have been adapted into films, both for feature and television.
Neiderman lives in Palm Springs, California, with his wife, Diane. They have two children and three grandchildren. He is the former chairman of the English department at Fallsburg High School, where he taught for over twenty-three years.