Shell Game

Mallory Book 5: t****he fifth NYPD detective Kathy Mallory novel from New York Times bestseller Carol O'Connell, master of knife-edge suspense and intricate plotting.

Detective Kathy Mallory. New York's darkest. You only underestimate her once.

A cop who knows there is no magic in the world

At a sell-out festival of magicians in Manhattan, in front of a live audience and eight million television viewers, a death-defying trick goes tragically wrong.

NYPD detective Kathy Mallory has learned the hard way that things are rarely what they seem. But she is the only cop who believes the death is not an accident.

Welcome to the darker side of NYPD.

Hiding behind the smoke and mirrors is a ruthless killer who will soon strike again.