On the surface, Samantha Shawโs life looks pretty goodโshe 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 businessโฆespecially when you add murder to the mixโฆ.
Knocking down the wall between Samantha Shawโs dating service, Heart Mates, and her boyfriend Gabe Pulizziโs P.I. office seemed like a good idea. The construction dust is causing chaos, but the real trouble is how Samโs going to handle her two sons, her grandfather, her business, and training for her P.I. licenseโand squeeze in a relationship with Gabe at the same time.
She hasnโt even begun to figure it out when her grandfather, Barney Webb, winds up in trouble of his ownโheโs been accused by arrogant magician Shane Masters of hiring a hit man to kill him. Sam knows it canโt be true, despite Shaneโs practice of exposing other illusionistsโ secrets in a series of popular โspoilerโ shows. Proving Grandpaโs innocence is priority number one, even though the old man is strangely resistant to her offers to get to the bottom of Shaneโs accusation.
Then Grandpaโs protรฉgรฉ Fletch Knight shows up in Lake Elsinore, asking Barney to help him videotape backdrops for his upcoming performance at the House of Magic. Sam thinks Barney should be focusing on clearing his name, but she doesnโt have much time to push the issue since sheโs just landed a new caseโdiscovering which magicianโs secrets Shane will expose for Shaneโs ex, Nikki Eden, whose high-concept illusions depend on secrecy.
With another of Grandpaโs former students in town, and Gabeโs troubled brother arriving unexpectedly, Sam is up to her ears in sleight of hand and whispered secrets when Shane Mastersโ murdered body suddenly appears. Detective Logan Vance, Samโs police connection, is furious that sheโs 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. Thereโs no shortage of suspects, but with Samโs own life at stakeโagain!โfiguring out whodunit is going to be the most spectacular trick of allโฆ
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