On the surface, Samantha Shawβs life looks pretty goodβshe has a hot boyfriend, private investigator Gabe Pulizzi, and her own business, Heart Mates Dating Service. But raising two boys and keeping track of her ornery magician grandfather is tricky businessβ¦especially when you add murder to the mixβ¦.
Knocking down the wall between Samantha Shawβs dating service, Heart Mates, and her boyfriend Gabe Pulizziβs P.I. office seemed like a good idea. The construction dust is causing chaos, but the real trouble is how Samβs going to handle her two sons, her grandfather, her business, and training for her P.I. licenseβand squeeze in a relationship with Gabe at the same time.
She hasnβt even begun to figure it out when her grandfather, Barney Webb, winds up in trouble of his ownβheβs been accused by arrogant magician Shane Masters of hiring a hit man to kill him. Sam knows it canβt be true, despite Shaneβs practice of exposing other illusionistsβ secrets in a series of popular βspoilerβ shows. Proving Grandpaβs innocence is priority number one, even though the old man is strangely resistant to her offers to get to the bottom of Shaneβs accusation.
With another of Grandpaβs former students in town, and Gabeβs troubled brother arriving unexpectedly, Sam is up to her ears in sleight of hand and whispered secrets when Shane Mastersβ murdered body suddenly appears. Detective Logan Vance, Samβs police connection, is furious that sheβs withheld information. With so many balls in the air, Sam is tempted to throw in the towel and take up juggling, but finding a killer comes first. Thereβs no shortage of suspects, but with Samβs own life at stakeβagain!βfiguring out whodunit is going to be the most spectacular trick of allβ¦
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