{"product_id":"strange-magic-an-essex-witch-museum-mystery-paperback","title":"Strange Magic: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSyd Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosie Strange doesn't believe in ghosts or witches or magic. No, not at all. It's no surprise therefore when she inherits the ramshackle Essex Witch Museum, her first thought is to take the money and run. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStill, the museum exerts a curious pull over Rosie. There's the eccentric academic who bustles in to demand she help in a hunt for old bones, those of the notorious Ursula Cadence, a witch long since put to death. And there's curator Sam Stone, a man about whom Rosie can't decide if he's tiresomely annoying or extremely captivating. It all adds up to looking like her plans to sell the museum might need to be delayed, just for a while. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinding herself and Sam embroiled in a most peculiar centuries-old mystery, Rosie is quickly expelled from her comfort zone, where to her horror, the secrets of the past come with their own real, and all too present, danger as a strange magic threatens to envelope them all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSyd Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for her Essex Witch Museum Mysteries (\u003ci\u003eStrange Magic, Strange Sight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Fascination, Strange Tombs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStrange Tricks, \u003c\/i\u003e forthcoming from Oneworld, 2020). Her story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Strange Days of Christmas (2019), \u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for a prestigious 'dagger award' by the Crime Writers Association. Her debut screenplay, \u003ci\u003eWitch West\u003c\/i\u003e, has been optioned by Hidden Door Productions (\u003ci\u003eJust Charlie\u003c\/i\u003e) with director Jane Gull (\u003ci\u003eMy Feral Heart\u003c\/i\u003e) at the helm. Filming for \u003ci\u003eWitch West\u003c\/i\u003e starts Spring 2020, with release set for Autumn 2021. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2019 Moore became a Royal Literary Fund Fellow. She is a UK ambassador for DINNødhjælp, a Danish charity which helps Nigerian 'witch' children.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152052129927,"sku":"9781786070982","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3916bb97373bccc438aced0f63e0a19d.webp?v=1733211223","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/strange-magic-an-essex-witch-museum-mystery-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}