Private investigator Dana Cutler must take down a cunning psychopath
before he can pull off the perfect crime, in Sleight of Hand, a novel
of suspense from Phillip Margolin, New York Times bestselling author
of Capitol Murder and Supreme Justice.
Charles Benedict - charismatic criminal defense lawyer, amateur
illusionist, and professional hit man - has performed his greatest
sleight of hand yet: framing a millionaire for the murder of his much
younger wife.
When Horace Blair married Carrie, the prosecutor in his DUI trial, he
made her sign a prenuptial agreement guaranteeing her twenty million
dollars if she remained faithful for the first ten years of marriage.
Just one week before their tenth anniversary, Carrie disappears, and
Horace is charged with her murder. Desperate to clear his name, the
millionaire hires D.C.'s most ruthless defense lawyer - Charles
Benedict.
P.I. Dana Cutler is in the Pacific Northwest on the trail of a stolen
relic dating from the Ottoman Empire. Hitting a dead end sends her back
to Virginia perplexed and disappointed - and straight into the case of
Horace and Carrie Blair.
Now Dana must conjure a few tricks of her own to expose Benedict's plot,
before he can work his deadly magic on her...