371: "Club Deception" by Sarah Skilton

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371: "Club Deception" by Sarah Skilton

Postby Scott Wells » July 28th, 2017, 2:37 pm

This week we take a fork in the road as it bends toward the fictional, private magic club in Los Angeles...Club Deception.

Sarah Skilton is the author of this new book that is her first adult novel about something she knows: magic. Sarah is married to full time magician, Joe Skilton, who belongs to the Magic Castle and, to a degree, helped her with some of the details and background in fleshing out this book. Sarah is a successful writer of young adult fiction but as mentioned, this is her entrée into the genre. In this episode, we meet the author and get to know her thoughts behind the book and the development of the idea.

Here is a "dust jacket summary" of "Club Deception":

Claire Fredericksson is the beating heart of CLUB DECEPTION, L.A.'s most exclusive magician's society. She's the Queen Bee of Magician WAGs ("Wives and Girlfriends"), and the real genius behind her philandering husband Jonathan's award-winning magic show, but her debilitating stage fright has kept her out of the limelight. Claire's life is upended by the arrival of two new women to the closed group of magicians' wives - Jessica, a young trophy wife with a secret, and Kaimi, an art expert looking for the long lost Erdnase papers by posing as a girlfriend. When a magician rivalry and a stolen routine erupt into murder, the women must uncover the truth and set things right for the man they love. With a cast of endurance experts, Vegas stage stars, close-up card handlers, and a pick-up artist or two, this glamorous novel weaves a tale of murder, fame, and many, many illusions.

You can read a bit more, enter the contest to win a copy, follow links to buy the book, listen to the podcast online and download the MP3 file at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/sco ... ah-skilton

Be sure to enter the contest to win one of three copies of "Club Deception" which are offered by the publisher. You can enter on The Magic Word blog this week. Winners will be announced in next week's podcast.

We also welcome the newest member of The Friends of The Magic Word, Dennis Wilson. Thank you, Dennis, and welcome to our group of financial supporters who help keep the podcast online by helping offset our ongoing production costs.

By the way, we were just recognized by FeedSpot.com as being among the top 75 magic blogs on the internet. In fact, we came in at spot number 43 which actually puts us in the top 50! Thank you everyone for putting us in this elite group.
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