Impromptu Secrets by Dominic Twose

This book is aimed at magicians who want to perform card magic without any preparation. Magicians who want to pick up a pack of cards, anywhere, anytime and present ;miracles. It is not a book for beginners, likewise – it does not require expert skills, but it is a must have book for the card magician who knows the basic counts, moves etc.

With 34 impromptu card routines (plus 8 impromptu routines without cards), 10 moves, 4 previously unpublished Vernon variations and an essay on the Malini Colour Change, you can see why it caused such a stir on its publication. For those who are not already aware of Dominic Twose – his magic knowledge is immense, he was a pupil of the legendary close up magic expert Fred Robinson, he has studied classic material from the greats of magic for 40 years and is currently completing a book on Bruce Cervon. Here, in his first major release to the magic world is a book you’ll treasure and keep, referring to it again and again.

Contents:
Chapter 1 – With Cards
Ahead With Balducci
Mistaken
The Warwick Prediction
Lazy Triumph
A Coincident Position
The Ghost Jacks
Forsooth
The Magic Thrust
The Queen
Psycholivity
Placed Spelling
Sandwich Of Mystery
In The Hands Ace Assembly
Triple Do As I Do
A Borrowed Match
Spectator Cuts The Aces
Fadeaway Prediction
The Trick That Cannot Be Named
Three Times and Out
The DAB Cards
TOCA (Thought Of Cards Across)
The Cards Under The Bums
The Drunken Magician
A New Trick For Lucy
Mental Piles
Henry Christ’s Four Ace Trick
The Mexican Mindreader
Bicycle Bagatelle
A Pain In The Neck
The Cambodia Trick
The Emperor Of Noses
The Sichuan Revelation
All Backs
A Night On The Town

Chapter 2 – Some Moves
Blow Pass
One Card Dribble Pass
Vernon – Le Paul Second Deal
Any Colour You Like
A Card Vanish
Out, In and Off: An Overhand Shuffle Technique
The P.O.P. Bottom Deal
Interlock Change
Diminishing Lift Sequence
The Noah Count
The ‘Malini’ Colour Change

Chapter 3 – From Vernon
The Message Card
Four Card Pick Up
Four Deuces
Number Nine

Chapter 4 – Without Card
The M&M Divination
Three Blind Mice
The One and Only B’Derren
The Jumping Match
Cnoh
A Corker
The Rotating Hand

Chapter 5 – Bonus Chapter
Swearogram

368 pages

This book was released in February 2018, it quickly received recommendation and accolade from known card magicians resulting in the first print being sold out within months.

Due to its success, a second print was completed in December 2018, this also sold out and again the book was unavailable.

We’re proud to announce that a third print was completed in November 2021 and this excellent book is again available from stock.

Peter Duffie…
‘If I were told about a new book featuring over 30 card effects, 11 moves, 8 non ;card items and 4 previously unpublished Dai Vernon items, I would be interested.

However, when the author of the book is a former pupil of the late and great Fred Robinson, I would be more than merely curious; I would need to have it. And, I am glad that I do have it, because this is a book crammed with lovely ideas and wonderful thinking.

I highly recommend this book.’

Jerry Sadowitz…
‘This book is not so much a breath of fresh air but a blast of nitrous oxide! There are some real gems of magic in here…strong and clear in effect, concise and subtle in ;method. This is magic that greatly satisfies magicians without ever sacrificing entertainment value for laymen. There is absolutely no “filler” material here and as you will discover, many of the tricks in these pages are individually worth the price of the entire book.

There is also a short article about the Malini colour ;change which is the most riveting thing I have read in years, containing food for thought of which the magic community is normally starved. I hope he writes more like this in the future.

As if that wasn’t enough, there is a chapter of previously unpublished Dai Vernon material!

Dominic Twose was a student and confidante of Fred Robinson and other underground ;legends such as Eric Mason and Gordon Bruce. Like all the best magicians I know, Dominic is also a Vernon disciple and a Roy Walton fan and it shows in this, his first major work. You’ll love this book.’

Stephen Minch…
If the newest flashy gimcrack to impress your video camera is what you want, ignore Impromptu Secrets. All you’ll get here is strong, performance-tested magic for live audiences, featuring some very smart ideas and solid thinking from Dominic Twose. Dominic’s may not me a household name in your neighborhood, but he’s a magician who’s been around the block a few times with the best of them.

Gordon Bruce…
I have known Dominic for more years than I care to remember and spent many pleasant hours with him in the Marlborough Arms near the Magic Circle usually in the company of Fred Robinson and Eric Mason; also Bob Read and occasionally Alex Elmsley. Like myself Dominic tends to specialise in cards, and many times I have seen him entertain layman impromptu with great results.
Undoubtedly you will find much of value in this his latest book.