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The Wizard of Lovecraft's Cafe
"Natasha!" McGuire said.
What happened

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"Somebody died in that elevator, Mac. Died horribly."

"Yes, two Bureau agents," said McGuire, nodding..

"No . . . there was only one."

McGuire shook his head. "There were two. Agents Silver and Whelen. And one police officer. He
survived, but he's in the hospital, in critical condition."

Natasha shook her head. "No ... no, that can't be right," she insisted. "Only one man died in that elevator.
The psychic impressions are extremely strong. I could almost hear his mind screaming.

"Magic," she continued as she started to circle around the apartment, walking slowly with her arms
slightly spread out from her sides, her eyes wide and alert, glancing all around, her breathing shallow.
"Magic happened. There were several extremely powerful adepts here. I'm talking about the people who
were living here. And the one who came for them."

"It was a raid, Natasha," McGuire said. "Silver and Whelen came here to make an arrest."

She shook her head. "No ... he came here to kill."

Also by Simon Hawke

The Wizard of 4th Street
The Wizard of Whitechape
The Wizard of Sunset Strip
The Wizard of Rue Morgue
Samurai Wizard
The Reluctant Sorcerer
The Nine Lives of Catseye Gomez
The Wizard of Camelot

Cover design by Don Puckey Cover illustration by David Mattingly Hand lettering by Ron Zinn

For John Silbersack

Fifteen years later and we're at it again.

Just goes to show you, be nice to the people you meet on the way up, they're the same people you're
gonna meet on the way down.

With grateful acknowledgments to Robert M. Powers, consultant and confidant; Peggy Wiley, a man
who's trying to do about a hundred things at once couldn't ask for a better "gal Friday"; Bruce Wiley, for
lending me his wife to bring order to the chaos; Marge and James Kosky, the Black Nag will never be