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2) Shadow magic
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"Thorn, a boy sold into slavery who must serve the royalty of Castle Gloom for a year and a day to earn his freedom, and Lilith Shadow, the 13-year-old ruler of Gehenna, who is forbidden to practice the magic that is her heritage, join forces to solve the murders taking place in Gehenna"--
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The Vickery twins, Lee and Felix, live in a house in Poplar Wood, where, because of the "Agreement," their mother serves Memory, and their father assists Death, and only Lee is allowed to leave the house, except for Halloween; but when a local girl is murdered, Gretchen Whipple, daughter of the mayor, offers the boys a deal--help her solve the crime and she will help them break the Agreement, and regain their freedom.
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Toby Montrose, an assistant at his uncle's detective business, enters Hugh Abernathy's crime-solving contest in order to prove he doesn't have to stay an apprentice all his life. Together with his friend Ivy--who isn't allowed to compete even though she thinks she is the best detective around--Toby prepares for the challenge. Then, one of the other detectives is found murdered before the contest begins.