title: Crimes Against Magic: Hellequin Chronicles Book 1
author:  Steve McHugh 
description: Steve's been writing from an early age, his first completed story was done in an English lesson. Unfortunately, after the teacher read it, he had to have a chat with the head of the year about the violent content and bad language. The follow up 'One boy and his frog' was less concerning to his teachers and got him an A. It wasn't for another decade that he would start work on a full length novel, the results of which is Crimes Against Magic. He was born in a small village called Mexbrough, South Yorkshire, but now lives with his wife and three young daughters in Southampton.
zlib_text: _**Praise for Steve Cavanagh**_
  
  ‘This guy is the real deal. Trust me’
  
  Lee Child
  
  ‘Plotting that takes the breath away’
  
  Ian Rankin
  
  ‘If you read a thriller as good this year, it’s only because you’ve read this
  one twice’
  
  Mark Billingham
  
  ‘Steve Cavanagh must have sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads outside
  of Rosedale, Mississippi in exchange for becoming one of the world’s best
  crime writers. Steve is 5/5’
  
  Adrian McKinty
  
  ‘A dead bang beast of a book expertly combining his authority on the law with
  an absolutely great thrill ride. Books this ingenious don’t come along very
  often’
  
  Michael Connelly
  
  ‘A brilliant, twisty, ingeniously constructed puzzle’
  
  Ruth Ware
  
  ‘Eddie Flynn is fast becoming one of my favourite fictional heroes and
  Cavanagh one of my favourite thriller writers’
  
  S.J.I. Holliday
  
  ‘Smart and original. A belter of a book’
  
  Clare Mackintosh
  
  ‘Steve Cavanagh stands head and shoulders above the competition with his
  skilfully plotted, action-packed and big-hear