{"product_id":"bluff-paperback","title":"Bluff - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Kardos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magician's job is to create a mystery--an unbridgeable gap between cause and effect. Michael Kardos brilliantly constructs his new novel \u003ci\u003eBluff\u003c\/i\u003e as a magician would, delivering a perfectly calibrated performance of intrigue and, ultimately, astonishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e At twenty-seven, magician Natalie Webb is already a has-been. A card-trick prodigy, she started touring at seventeen, took first place at the World of Magic competition at eighteen, and never reached such heights again. Shunned by the magic world after a disastrous liaison with an older magician, she now lives alone with her pigeons and a pile of overdue bills in a New Jersey apartment. In a desperate ploy to make extra cash, she follows up on an old offer to write a feature magazine article--on the art of cheating at cards. But when she meets the perfect subject for her article, what begins as a journalistic gamble brings into question everything Natalie thinks she knows about her talent, and herself. Natalie is dazzled by the poker cheat's sleight of hand and soon finds herself facing a proposition that could radically alter her fortune--to help pull off a $1.5 million magic trick that, if done successfully, no one will ever even suspect happened. With Kardos raising the stakes chapter after chapter, \u003ci\u003eBluff\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking work of suspense from a writer at the top of his game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Kardos\u003c\/b\u003e is the Pushcart Prize-winning author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Three-Day Affair\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBefore He Finds Her\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eOne Last Good Time\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he lives in Starkville, Mississippi, where he codirects the creative writing program at Mississippi State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761373511968,"sku":"9780802129659","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cfcd545ad243130d100c498f8c5773ee.webp?v=1780205848","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bluff-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}