Bluff

A down-on-her-luck female magician is drawn into a dangerous criminal scheme in this "hopelessly addictive" thriller (Megan Abbott, Edgar Award–winning author of Give Me Your Hand).   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. Now she 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. But when Natalie meets the perfect subject for her piece—a poker cheat who dazzles at sleight of hand—what begins as a journalistic gamble soon leads her into a dangerous proposition with the highest of stakes . . .   "Truly gasp-worthy." — Library Journal, starred review   "[A] delightfully surprising thriller." — The Florida Times-Union   "If you haven't read Kardos yet,  Bluff is the perfect place to start!" —Lisa Scottoline, New York Times–bestselling author of Someone Knows