<b>In 1946, a young female attorney from New York City attempts the impossible: attaining justice for a black man in the Deep South.</b><p><br> </p><p>Regina Robichard works for Thurgood Marshall, who receives an unusual letter asking the NAACP to investigate the murder of a returning black war hero. It is signed by M. P. Calhoun, the most reclusive author in the country.<br> </p><p>As a child, Regina was captivated by Calhoun’s <i>The Secret of Magic</i>, a novel in which white and black children played together in a magical forest.<br><br>Once down in Mississippi, Regina finds that nothing in the South is as it seems. She must navigate the muddy waters of racism, relationships, and her own tragic past. <i>The Secret of Magic</i> brilliantly explores the power of stories and those who tell them.</p><p></p>