The Magician&39s Secret [Paperback]

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?The Magician’s Secret

CHAPTER ONE

A Magical Day

“I THOUGHT WE HAD PLANS.” I sighed. “This is the third time you’ve canceled.”

My boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, just stood in the front hallway of my house and continued typing a text message into his phone.

“Ned!”

He raised his head. “Oh, sorry. I’m in the middle of an important conversation.” He took one more glance at the phone before lowering it to meet my eyes.

“You can’t keep working like this. The stress isn’tgood for you.” I squinted, staring at his hair. “In fact, I think I see a strand of gray.”

“No way!” He looked up, startled, then touched his temples.

“Just kidding,” I admitted with a chuckle. “I understand that you have a million things to do. I just wisl³z