by Michael Kardos (Author)
At twenty-seven, Natalie Webb is already a has-been. A card-trick prodigy, she performed on the world magic circuit at eighteen but a liaison with an older performer ended disastrously after he stole her act and blackened her name. With her career over, she now lives alone with her pigeons and a pile of overdue bills in a New Jersey apartment.
To make ends meet, Natalie agrees to write a magazine article on the art of cheating at cards. While researching in Atlantic City, she meets Ellen - a beguiling card cheat with a dazzling sleight of hand. Ellen has targeted a group of gamblers called the Midnight Riders - a hedge fund manager, a car dealer mogul and a Senatorial candidate - who play an annual high-dollar poker game.
Ellen proposes that they combine their skills to pull off the greatest illusion of all and walk away with $1.5 million.
But the rules of the game are about to change...
'Hopelessly addictive' MEGAN ABBOTT.
'Bluff climaxes with a spin worthy of the most adept con artists' BOOKLIST.
'A master at ratcheting up the suspense' LISA SCOTTOLINE.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Head of Zeus A perfectly calibrated thriller of intrigue, astonishment and suspense by a writer at the top of his game.
Published: 10 Jan 2019
ISBN 10: 1788543742
ISBN 13: 9781788543743
Book Overview:
Michael Kardos is the Pushcart Prize-winning author of the novel The Three-Day Affair and the story collection One Last Good Time. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he currently lives in Starkville, Mississippi, where he teaches creative writing.