Bluff

Bluff

<span><b>Razor-sharp and spellbindingly told, <i>Bluff</i> takes us deep inside the fraught and fascinating world of a modern magician who becomes obsessed with magic's dark twin</b></span><span>―</span><b>the underworld of the cardsharp.</b><br /><span></span><br /><span>"Hopelessly addictive." </span><span>―</span><span>Megan Abbott, </span><span>Edgar Award-winning author of <i>You Will Know Me</i></span><br /><br /><span><i>"</i></span><span>If you haven't read Kardos yet, <i>Bluff</i> is the perfect place to start!" </span><span>―</span><span>Lisa Scottoline, bestselling author of <i>Exposed</i></span><br /><span><i></i></span><br /><span>At twenty-seven, magician Natalie Webb is already a has-been. A card-trick prodigy, she took first place at the World of Magic competition at eighteen and has never again reached such heights. Shunned by the magic world after a disastrous liaison with an older magician, she now lives alone in a New Jersey apartment with her pigeons and a pile of overdue bills. In a desperate ploy for extra cash, she follows up on an old offer to write for a glossy magazine and pitches the editor a seductive topic: the art of cheating at cards. </span><br /><br /><span>But when Natalie meets the perfect subject for her piece</span><span>―</span><span>a poker cheat who dazzles at sleight of hand</span><span>―</span><span>what begins as a journalistic gamble soon becomes a test of everything she thinks she knows about her talent, and herself. Natalie soon finds herself facing a dangerous proposition that could radically alter her fortune</span><span>―</span><span>to help pull off a $1.5 million magic trick that, if done successfully, no one will ever suspect happened. With Kardos raising the stakes chapter after chapter, </span><i>Bluff</i><span> is a breathtaking work of suspense from a writer at the top of his game.</span>