The Magician's Secret

Written by Carolyn Keene

Book #8 in the Nancy Drew Diaries series

A magician's trick makes murder evidence vanish. Can Nancy solve the mystery before it's too late?

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156 pages· 24,189 words· Est. 3.5 hour read· 680L

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Bookroo's summary

Nancy Drew faces a baffling mystery when a magician's trick makes crucial murder trial evidence disappear. With her father, Carson Drew, and boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, involved in the case, the stakes are personal. As Nancy, along with friends Bess and George, dives into the investigation, the magician himself vanishes without a trace. Can Nancy unravel the secrets of this magical mystery and find the missing evidence before it's too late? The clock is ticking, and the truth is more elusive than ever.

From the publisher

A major magic trick leads to missing murder evidence in this eighth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series. When she attends a performance by master illusionist Drake Lonestar, Nancy is skeptical. Lonestar is known for his razzle-dazzle wizardry, but can the magician really make the River Heights library disappear? As it turns out, he can–but that’s not the only thing that goes missing. Key evidence to an upcoming murder trial disappears in the midst of the trick. And one of the trial attorneys just happens to be Nancy’s father, Carson Drew, assisted by her boyfriend, Ned Nickerson. Nancy, Bess, and George are quick to jump on the case, but not quite quick enough: Lonestar has vanished, too, and not even his closest friends know his whereabouts. Magic is its own kind of mystery–but is this one Nancy can handle?

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