{"product_id":"the-jack-of-hearts-paperback","title":"The Jack of Hearts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaddison Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFifteen years escaping magic. Now she's the killer's final act.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon, November 1893\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman is found sawn in half in a narrow alley-her body laid inside a magician's coffin, hands folded in prayer, a white rose in her palms. Between her fingers: a playing card. The Jack of Hearts. Inked with a chilling message... The first of six.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspector Tobias Flint of Scotland Yard has spent fifteen years hunting killers-but nothing like this. The murder is no random act of violence. It is precise. Theatrical. A macabre recreation of an illusion devised by the long-dead stage magician, the Magnificent Maguire. And the killer-already christened by the press as The Coffin Conjurer-has promised this is only the opening act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Maguire's legacy was never buried. For fifteen years, Jaqueline \"Jack\" Maguire has lived as a ghost. Presumed dead after the fire that killed her father, she has built a new life in the shadows-using the very skills he taught her: sleight of hand, misdirection, and the art of disguise. Now, as the secret force behind one of London's most formidable private investigation agencies, she protects the women society overlooks... and keeps her past locked firmly away. After all, magic took everything she loved. She has no intention of letting it take anything more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the Coffin Conjurer begins using her father's illusions as a blueprint for murder and sends her a Jack of Hearts-the nickname her father gave her- playing card, Jack knows her past has finally caught up with her. After Inspector Flint catches her searching his office for clues to the killer's identity the morning after the first murder, he refuses to let the rare woman to pull one over on him disappear again. Together, they may just have a chance of stopping him. She knows the world of magic and illusions. He knows how to catch a killer. But in London's most murderous magic show, the Coffin Conjurer has always been ten steps ahead-and has already chosen the star of the final act... Jack Maguire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTropes you'll enjoy: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictorian Historical Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerial Killer Thriller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRace Against Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevenge Plot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlow Burn Romance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnemies to Lovers\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45979052900487,"sku":"9798951913210","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/LnMrxCRsMk9798951913210.webp?v=1790783453","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-jack-of-hearts-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}