A Murder of Magpies Robert Bireley These pages are not written

These pages are not written to encourage anyone to put on rose-colored glasses but are directed

At war for the Emperor with the horsemen of the Cuirassiers

Just like in the animals he watched for five years in Siberia

Shaw observes and contemplates nature and humanity: "I'm merely a floater in the eye of God

A Murder of Magpies Robert Bireley These pages are not writtenA whip smart, impeccably crafted debut mystery, A Murder of Magpies takes readers on a whirlwind tour of London and Paris with an unforgettably original new heroine It's just another day at the office for London book editor Samantha Sam Clair. Checking jacket copy for howlers, wondering how to break it to her star novelist that her latest effort is utterly unpublishable, lunch scheduled with gossipy author Kit Lowell, whose new book will dish the