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Sleights and Slayings

In this fifth thriller in Buchanan’s series, we again meet the four new writers in residence at the Pines and Quill writers�� retreat. And we know that one of them could be a killer.

Crime boss Georgio “The Bull�� Gambino has devised an especially heinous scheme this time to exact revenge on his nemesis Sean “Mick�� McPherson, a former cop and retreat owner’s brother.

Readers will be shocked at what happens, who the victims are, and what part a guest who is a professional illusionist plays. But more enemies surface: Carmine Fiore, Gambino’s second-in-command, and a notorious gang. Will they help or hurt Mick’s task to escape the Bull’s revenge? And can he keep his family and friends from collateral damage?

Buchanan is skilled at ratcheting up suspense and revealing the dark side of crime while still showing the intense emotions of each character. Her research is deep, wide, and spot-on, which delivers stark realism. All these elements coalesce to form an unputdownable book.