When the bell tolls midnight, itll be 1968.
Royce Pembrook is living well in a new city, with new patrons, a new name, and a new trade. But hes the same scam artist hes 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 hes 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 thats 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 Royces former life is one thing that wont 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 hes gained, no matter the violent cost to those around him?
M.E. Proctor, author of Love You Till Tuesday
This is a man out of time and control. Royces facade is degrading and the violent man within is wrestling back control. A fascinating character study.
Adam Hulse, author of Below Economic Thresholds
Coy Halls The Switchblade Svengali captivates with a tale of long-con mediumship, bludgeonings and a UFO cult! A precise meld of elegance and blood curdle.
���Ilyn Welch, author of Bad 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 arent the only things haunting these pageshis past has caught up to him too, threatening to derail everything hes built since the harrowing events of A Séance for Wicked King Death. Vengeful women, gullible marks, and UFO cultists make this book impossible to put down. Coy Halls Switchblade Svengali is so good, I wouldnt be surprised if the dead crossed from the other side just to read it.
C.W. Blackwell, author of Hard Mountain Clay
Very happy to report that this is a sequel thats even better than the first book.
Regan MacArthur, author of One Lash to Kill
Genre: Mystery
Royce Pembrook is living well in a new city, with new patrons, a new name, and a new trade. But hes the same scam artist hes 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 hes 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 thats 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 Royces former life is one thing that wont 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 hes gained, no matter the violent cost to those around him?
What folks are saying...
When the cornered lamb realizes hes always been a wolf M.E. Proctor, author of Love You Till Tuesday
This is a man out of time and control. Royces facade is degrading and the violent man within is wrestling back control. A fascinating character study.
Adam Hulse, author of Below Economic Thresholds
Coy Halls The Switchblade Svengali captivates with a tale of long-con mediumship, bludgeonings and a UFO cult! A precise meld of elegance and blood curdle.
���Ilyn Welch, author of Bad 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 arent the only things haunting these pageshis past has caught up to him too, threatening to derail everything hes built since the harrowing events of A Séance for Wicked King Death. Vengeful women, gullible marks, and UFO cultists make this book impossible to put down. Coy Halls Switchblade Svengali is so good, I wouldnt be surprised if the dead crossed from the other side just to read it.
C.W. Blackwell, author of Hard Mountain Clay
Very happy to report that this is a sequel thats even better than the first book.
Regan MacArthur, author of One Lash to Kill
Genre: Mystery
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