Illusionist: A Sean McPherson Novel, Book 5 (A Sean McPherson Novel #5)

By: Laurie Buchanan

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Synopsis: For fans of Louise Penny and Robert Dugoni, Illusionist is a contemporary crime thriller where PI McPherson must choose between killing an author at a writing retreat in the Pacific Northwest or letting a college student die.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.