Minch, Stephen: Bruce Cervon Hard-Boiled Mysteries ©1998 Bruce Cervon & Louis Falanga, L&L Publishing, CA Hardcover, w/dj, 192 pages

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Contents (from book ToC):

ix Foreword (Bruce Cervon)
xi Introduction (Michael A. Perovich)

3 Chapter 1 Ace Tricks
3 Award Ace Assembly: two handlings
9 Another Aces
12 The Spectator Cuts Four Aces Once More
14 Again, the Spectator Cuts Four Aces!
17 The Spectator Cuts Four Aces Once More II

21 Chapter 2 Interesting Effects
21 The Vernon-Cervon Run-Up Demonstration
24 THe Jokers and King
27 Quadruple Coincidence
30 Ace-Two-Three
34 Triple Change
36 X Marks The Spot
40 X Marks The Spot II
42 X Marks The Spot III
45 The Fifth Card
48 A Card Puzzle
50 Impossible Location
52 AC/DC

59 Chapter 3 Moves and Their Tricks
59 Charlier Cut Control
61 The Trap Door Control
62 The Cased Holdout
63 The Push-Off Force
65 The MAC Switch
67 - The Last Ace Vanish
68 - MAC Switch Miracle - Stop Effect
68 - Come Back to Me
71 The Insertion Strip-out
74 - Commercial Collectors
75 - Preset - A Handling
78 - Poker Interchanged Exchanged
81 Pressure Fan Force
83 The Greek Force
84 The Combination Force
85 The L.C. Stab
86 Son of L.C. Stab
90 The CF Force
91 - Ace Producer

95 Chapter 4 You Must Be Prepared
95 Do You Believe In Intuition?
98 The Twenty-five Dollar Ace Trick
105 Wild Card!
108 The Sub-mariner Cards
115 Sub-mariner Cards II

121 Chapter 5 Tricks With the Faro Shuffle and One Without
121 The Faro Count
123 Two-Card Control
125 My Mind Keeps Wandering
127 Face-Up Count
129 Face-Up Count II
130 The Confused Incomplete Control
132 Trapped by the Bullets
134 Turnabout is Faro Play
136 Turnabout is Faro Play II
137 Turnabout is Faro Play III
138 Revealment
140 Realization
142 Dealing the Flush
144 Victory
146 A Tinge of Color
150 Ace Finder
152 Face-Up Ace Cutting

155 Chapter 6 Further Cutting Up
155 King Kut
158 A Tinge of Color II
160 Impact Aces or Simple Face-Up Ace Cutting

163 Chapter 7 You Say You Haven't Gotten Enough?
163 Ring Again!
168 Four Coins and a Card
173 ...la Matrix