![]() I will weave a web of beautiful illusion to snare them, a glittering trap that drags them willingly with me into the magical, false, spellbinding world.īefore that, I will gather my strength. ![]() I will show them worlds that never existed, events that never happened. As I do every night, I will make people believe things that aren't true. ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. 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. ![]() Even handcuffed and alone, Arden is far from powerless-and what she reveals is as unbelievable as it is spellbinding. Is it a new version of the illusion, or an all-too-real murder? When Arden's husband is found lifeless beneath the stage later that night, the answer seems clear.īut when Virgil happens upon the fleeing magician and takes her into custody, she has a very different story to tell. One night in Waterloo, Iowa, with young policeman Virgil Holt watching from the audience, she swaps her trademark saw for a fire ax. 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. Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician's Lie, a debut novel in which the country's 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. ![]()
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