The Magician's Lie: A Novel, Library Edition

from Beamis12

3.5 The amazing Arden, caught fleeing into the night after the murder of her supposed husbands murder. Virgil Holt is the lawman who catches her and he has a big problem of his own. Started off vey slowly and in the beginning it was hard to accept the premise that makes this story work. It is whe...

from ethel55

I really liked the historical details Macallister included in her novel about one of the first female illusionists. With the country on the cusp of a successful suffragette movement, I thought Arden's rise in both her skill and the popularity of her show helped prove women could entertain/co-run ...

from readingover50

This novel hits all my buttons. Life in a circus (well almost a circus, a traveling magic show). Magic, that may be real. A mystery at the core of it. I enjoyed it very much. The Amazing Arden is a rarity in the early 1900's. She is the headlining magician of her own show, in a field dominated by...

from vcg610

The Magician's Lie is a story told over the course of one night by the magician herself. She is telling her story to the lawman who has captured her as she is running away from what he is sure is the scene of the crime where she has killed her husband. Virgil Holt is the lawman. He is aware of Ar...

from kulmona

I won this book via Bookreporter's Sneak Peek program. From the first few pages, much is revealed. Arden describes,in her own voice and in vivid detail, her daily preparations for her shows and the performance itself. She hints about being a victim of domestic abuse and how, that very night, she ...