Mr Sebastian and the Negro Magician

Henry Walker is a the negro Magician. His shows are performed at Musgroves Chinese Circus, making people think that even though their lives are bad that it could be worse. All of a sudden after the show was canceled Henry Walker suspiciously disappears.
After that the story is told in spans over decades. The book is from the viewpoints of Henry’s fellow circus performers and others that his life has touched. They tell from all different years of his life. Even back to when he first learned magic, and survived the tragic loss of his adored sister Hannah. Each story of Henry’s past is told from a different viewpoint, and is just a little different from the one before, until you don’t know what to believe until the story ends. I found myself entranced with this book and found it an enchanting story dealing with loss, identity, the limits of magic, and how a person’s actions can influence others. The story confuses the reader, leaving them to wonder, did Henry Walker make a deal with the devil for his magic, or was he instead just a gifted magician who had been run down by time?

Lady in the Lake

During the first chapters of Raymond Chandlers "The Lady in the Lake" a detective named Phillip Marlowe is hired to find a missing person, the wife of Lavery Kingsley. Throughout his investigations Marlowe unravels many secrets. Marlowe investigates where Kingsley's wife was last heard to be. While searching around the nieghborhood Marlowe suspects a suspicious neighbor by the name of Degarmo. Degarmo warns him to stay away and that he wont find anything to help where he is looking.
Marlowe and partner Bill Chess go to Kingsleys house in the mountains to search for his wife. They come upon a dead body in the lake but could not distinguish any specific features. The body was of a womens but they could not figure out who it was. I think Marlowe had the conculsion of it being Bill Chess's wife. He then peices all of the evidence together and comes up with a women named Mildred Haviland, who was once married to suspicous Degarmo. The women was also Bill Chess's wife who had changed her name to Muriel. The same women keeps appearing everywhere Marlowe looks.

Cont. Neverwhere

Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar are two horrible guys that are life driven to kill this girl Door. Richard suspects theses guys to be shady and up to know good when they come looking for their "sister" and Richards apartment. Croup and Vandemar search Richards apartment for Door but she was no where to be found. They threatened Richards life if he was guilty of helping Door hide from them. After the two villians leave Door suddenly appears again and is frantically trying to esape the "upperworld". She devises a plan and sends a note to the Marquis De Carabas. His character acts as a security guard for Door so the two guys dont take her life. The Marquis helps her back into the under world where Door is faced with many dangerous obstacles.
After Door vanishes from Richard's life something unsual and unexpected happens. On his way to work not one person even looked at him nor could he catch a cab. It was if he was invisible. He had no other way to work but to run and so he did. When he arrived at work not one person remebered who he was. Richard thought it was a dirty joke but it was far from that. He had completely been forgotten from the upper world. He had no idea why this had happen. Maybe it was just a dream? He had no clue. When he returned to his apartment people were rummaging through it and it was for sale. Poor and confused Richard had no where to go and no one to turn to.

Neverwhere Chapters 1-5

In chapters one through five in Neverwhere, alot of unsual things happen. We are introduced to characters Richard, Jessica, Door, Mr. Croup, Mr. Vandemar, Anaesthesia,and Marquis De Carabas. The main Character Richard is a confused and gurmpy man who has a mediocre job with a serious girlfriend Jessica. He seems to be pretty important in his job because someone is always giving him a new task. The same thing goes with his girlfriend Jessica. No matter what he does for her nothing is enough. SHe is always nagging on him about this and that. Richard never seems to happy in his own little world. Everything changes for Richard when he tries to be a good samaritan by taking home an injured and helpless girl. Little did he know it would change his life forever.
When he brought the girl home he tried to take her to the hospital but she refused. SHe kept saying things like someone will find her and all she needs is rest. Richard was a little reluctant on not getting her some professional help but he trusted her and let her be. The next morning she was surprisingly alot better. He wound had been healed but was not completely gone. The girl introduces hereself as Door. Richard asks alot of questions about the girl but she has no answers for him. Suddeny two strange men knock on Richards door holding up a poster that says their sister is lost with a picture of Door on it.