Dying Room Only

The ballroom of the Pennyfoot Hotel is packed when the Great Denmarric locks his assistant inside a magic cabinet and promises to make her disappear. When he opens the doors moments later, the box is empty—and the magician appears every bit as astonished as his audience.

The trick becomes far more sinister when the missing woman is found murdered.

With the ballroom sealed off and the hotel’s guests buzzing with suspicion, Cecily Sinclair must determine how the illusion was performed, where ...