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Miss Shumway Waves a Wand

James Hadley Chase (1944)

SubgenreSpace Opera
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
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How come a New York reporter like Ross millan was combing half of Mexico looking for old man Shumway's missing daughter? Millan had asked himself the question a dozen times-and when he found her, he asked himself a whole lot more questions. For the shapely blonde he'd seen in the photograph turned out to be a fast-talking lady who packed a punch like a prize-fighter, did a little magic on the side, and just happened to be a dip-a very efficient pickpocket. From the day little Miss Myra Shumway walked into Millan's life things were never quite the same...