num_pages: 320
description: Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magicians Lie a debut novel in which the countrys most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband's murder --and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence.The Amazing Arden is the most famous female illusionist of her day renowned for her notorious trick of sawing a man in half on stage. One night in Waterloo Iowa with young policeman Virgil Holt watching from the audience she swaps her trademark saw for a fire ax. Is it a new version of the illusion or an all-too-real murder? When Ardens husband is found lifeless beneath the stage later that night the answer seems clear.But when Virgil happens upon the fleeing magician and takes her into custody she has a very different story to tell. Even handcuffed and alone Arden is far from powerlessand what she reveals is as unbelievable as it is spellbinding. Over the course of one eerie night Virgil must decide whether to turn Arden in or set her free and it will take all he has to see through the smoke and mirrors.
language: English
title: The Magician's Lie
publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark