Smoke & Mirrors : A Novel

An exciting and twisty middle-grade debut mystery novel-perfect for fans of From the Desk of Zoe Washington and The Parker Inheritance-about the disappearance of a famous magician, and one boy’s quest to find the truth Spending the summer with his aunt as the only Black kid in a small Midwestern town was bad enough, but now Andy Carter’s summer has been effectively ruined. His dad’s parole hearing is postponed, he misses his friends, and-when an old barn burns down-he’s stuck taking the blame. Andy is sentenced with helping the barn’s owner, a cantankerous old man, renovate his crumbling mansion-a mansion that hides a mystery. It was once owned by the famous magician the Red Knave.In 1954, the Knave was a wanted suspect in the town’s most infamous murder before disappearing without a trace. The whole town is sure the Red Knave is guilty, but to Andy, things just don’t add up.Investigating a mystery from the ’50s isn’t the same as spending time with his dad, but Andy can’t help but be d