THE SWITCHBLADE SVENGALI IBD

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When the bell tolls midnight, itâÇÖll be 1968.Royce Pembrook is living well in a new city, with new patrons, a new name, and a new trade. But heâÇÖs the same scam artist heâÇÖs been for thirty years. Since youth, Royce has made his money and found trouble in fraudulent séances that prey on the grieving widows of high society. Now heâÇÖs expanded his con, posing as a hypnotist, a Svengali, swindling everyone in Phoenix from scions of old wealth to a UFO cult led by a heroin-addicted visionary.Life is good. Royce has the luxury he craves. And thatâÇÖs when trouble out of the past creeps into his world. Even in the domain of fake spirits, the relentless specter of murder is real, and RoyceâÇÖs former life is one thing that wonâÇÖt stay in the grave.When the bell tolls midnight for Royce Pembrook, will it be time to abscond? Or will he fight to keep all that heâÇÖs gained, no matter the violent cost to those around him?What folks are saying...'When the cornered lamb realizes heâÇÖs always been a wolf ...' -M.E. Proctor, author ofáLove You Till Tuesday'This is a man out of time and control. RoyceâÇÖs facade is degrading and the violent man within is wrestling back control. A fascinating character study.' -Adam Hulse, author ofáBelow Economic Thresholds'Coy HallâÇÖsáThe Switchblade Svengaliácaptivates with a tale of long-con mediumship, bludgeonings and a UFO cult! A precise meld of elegance and blood curdle.' -Ilyn Welch, author ofáBad Makes Bad'Royce Pembrook is up to his old spook show tricks, this time at the height of the 1960s counterculture movement. But the ghosts he conjures arenâÇÖt the only things haunting these pages-his past has caught up to him too, threatening to derail everything heâÇÖs built since the harrowing events ofáA Séance for Wicked King Death. Vengeful women, gullible marks, and UFO cultists make this book impossible to put down. Coy HallâÇÖsáSwitchblade Svengaliáis so good, I wouldnâÇÖt be surprised if the dead crossed from the other side just to read it.' -C.W. Blackwell, author ofáHard Mountain Clay'Very happy to report that this is a sequel thatâÇÖs even better than the first book.' -Regan MacArthur, author ofáOne Lash to Kill