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Private eye Dana Cutler should defeat a clever psychopath before he could accomplish an ideal crime, in Sleight of Hand, a story of suspense from Phillip Margolin, Ny Times-Bestselling writer of Capitol Murder and Substantial Justice.Charles Benedict – charming criminal-defense attorney, inexperienced illusionist, and professional hit-man – has done his best sleight of hand however: mounting a billionaire for the murder of his considerably younger wife.When Horace Blair committed Carrie, the prosecutor in his DUI test, he made her sign a prenuptial contract ensuring her twenty-million bucks if she stayed devoted for the first 10 years of marriage. Only one week before their tenth wedding, Carrie vanishes, and Horace is charged with her killing. Eager to clear his name, the billionaire employs D.C.’s many callous protection attorney – Charles Benedict.P.I. Dana Cutler is within the Pacific Northwest to the trail of the stolen relic dating from the Ottoman Empire.