The Iron Angel: And Other Tales of the Gypsy Sleuth

Edward D. Hoch. Crippen & Landru Publishers, $42 (232pp) ISBN 978-1-885941-90-9

The Iron Angel and Other Tales of the Gypsy Sleuth, by MWA Grand Master Edward D. Hoch, collects 15 stories featuring Gypsy Michael Vlado. Published between 1985 and 2000, they reflect the dramatic political and social changes in Eastern Europe during that period, as the author explains in his introduction.

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