During the war Edgar had been seconded to a unit based in Scotland charged with deceiving the enemy as to the strength of the forces through illusion. Known as the 'Magic Men' the group was disbanded when one of the team was killed during an illusion that went wrong. Five years later and Edgar is a police officer in Brighton. A body is found cut into three, like a failed magic trick, and clues are sent to Edgar. the Magic Men are being targeted and Edgar is in a race against time to solve the case before they are all killed.

Hooked I am.

Being left after lunch with Raeliz64 and Tanamo.

Picked up over lunch.

Quite a good start to this series, I liked the characters so I'll carry on and see how it goes.

Given to my sister to read, with instructions to leave it there when she's finished.