When her friend Alicia Kincaid comes into Lottie’s coffee shop in a distressed state, Lottie is only too happy to try and help. Alicia’s marriage to handsome and charismatic magician Dylan Kincaid is on the rocks and Lottie’s friend is in a difficult position.But when Dylan dies in bizarre circumstances, scared and vulnerable Alicia suddenly winds up right in the middle of a murder investigation with her as the chief suspect!Determined to prove her friend’s innocence, Lottie looks into the events surrounding Dylan’s death. Before long, the amateur sleuth is confronted with Alicia’s troubled past and delves straight into Dylan’s many murky secrets. As she looks for suspects, she soon finds plenty of people who wanted to do Dylan harm, from an angry and brutish father to an embittered, failed magician.The more the case twists and turns, Lottie uncovers some weird cryptic clues, surprising secrets, sinister conspiracies and finally learns that not everyone is who they appear to be. Lottie will need all her wits as tricks and terror dodge her every step on the way to the truth.