Illusionist
A Sean McPherson Novel, Book 5
by Laurie Buchanan
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Pub Date Apr 15 2025 | Archive Date Aug 05 2025
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Description
When an illusionist joins the Pines & Quill writing retreat, one of the owners vanishes without a trace in the middle of everyone, but the surrounding would-be witnesses don’t see or hear a thing. That’s when crime boss Georgio Gambino makes a checkmate move against his nemesis, Sean McPherson. He forces a writer in residence to kill another writer and frame McPherson. In a video call, Gambino warns the writer, “If you don’t follow orders, your daughter will die.” Then, he pans the camera to prove access to her college dorm room.
McPherson discovers that Carmine Fiore, Gambino’s second in command, covets his boss role and is staging a coup. As Gambino’s soldiers traffic drugs, weapons, and humans, Fiore plants incriminating evidence against the notorious Sureños gang. Can McPherson leverage that knowledge for a temporary truce and the gang’s help?
The writers in residence—a former NASCAR driver, a professional triathlete, an architect turned house flipper, and a world-renowned magician who may not be who she appears to be—band together with McPherson to create the illusion of a lifetime.
Advance Praise
“Get ready to stay up late because you won’t want to put it down.” —Ann Garvin, USA Today best-selling author
“Buchanan skillfully crafted a plot with lots of twists and her usual interesting subplots. If you're a fan, this book won't disappoint.”—Chris Norbury, author of the Matt Lanier Mystery-Thriller Series
“As in her previous books, Buchanan’s skill with language is again notable in Illusionist. Author Toni Morrison was speaking of Buchanan's artistry when she comments, 'You rely on a sentence to do more than the denotation and connotation; you revel in the smoke that the words send up.' You’ll find lots of smoke and mirrors in Buchanan's Book Five of the Sean McPherson series, Illusionist.”—Marian Beaman, author of My Checkered Life
“I thoroughly enjoyed book five of the Sean McPherson novels. Opening the book was like being reunited with friends: Niall and Libby, Mick and Emma, and the whole gang of writers. The mix of homey domesticity at the writer's retreat, Pines & Quill, softens the gruesome matters of the plot: murder, organized crime, and suspense, but somehow, it all works so well together. I can't wait for book six!”—Marianne C. Bohr, author of Gap Year Girl and The Twenty
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781684633012 |
| PRICE | $12.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 320 |
