Francis Beeding 
Take It Crooked [EPUB ebook] 

On his way to get married, British intelligence officer Colonel Granby is given a cryptic message by a dying agent. Distracted by his impending nuptials, Granby forgets about the note until his new wife Julia is kidnapped on their wedding day in Paris.

Granby soon finds himself matching wits with a cunning adversary known as 'The Mighty Magistro, Prince of Magicians, ’ who will stop at nothing to uncover the secret contained in the agent’s message.

With Julia’s life hanging in the balance, Granby turns to his loyal friends to help trick Magistro and rescue his bride. But Granby realizes he may have to join the Magistro’s dangerous games and 'take it crooked’ if he has any hope of saving Julia and exposing the Magistro’s mysterious plot…