Murder and Magic

Murder and Magic is a collection of short stories by Randall Garrett featuring Lord Darcy. It was first published in paperback in 1979 by Ace Books, and has been reprinted a number of times since. It was later gathered together with the novel Too Many Magicians (1967) and another short story collection, Lord Darcy Investigates (1981) into the omnibus collection Lord Darcy (1983, expanded 2002).

Contents
The book collects four Lord Darcy short stories originally published in the magazine Analog Science Fact & Fiction and the Dean W. Dickensheet edited anthology Men & Malice:


 * "The Eyes Have It" (1964)
 * Edouard, Count of Evreux, is found murdered in his private chamber. While his innocent younger sister becomes the new head of House d'Evreux, their liege lord, Richard, Duke of Normandy, sends his chief forensic investigator, Lord Darcy, to solve the case.


 * "A Case of Identity" (1964)
 * In the harbor of Cherbourg, a local man stumbles upon a patrol of armsmen and drops dead right in front of them. Soon after, Lord Darcy is sent to the city to investigate the disappearance of the Marquis of Cherbourg.


 * "The Muddle of the Woad" (1965)
 * As the Duke of Kent dies, the beautiful coffin prepared for the occasion is to be taken to his castle. However, it is found to already contain a body, namely that of Lord Camberton, the Duke's chief investigator. He has been murdered, and his body been covered completely in blue paint. Lord Darcy and Master Sean are sent to Kent to investigate the possible involvement of the mysterious Society of Albion.


 * "A Stretch of the Imagination" (1973)