Sleight of Mind

Three Men. One Stage. No Exit.

Every Second Counts.
Four Minutes · Five Bodies · One Truth

Master illusionist Jonathan Verris built a career on escaping the impossible. But when a string of precision killings occurs during his performances, every illusion holds a key — and every performance brings the killer closer.

Detective Nathan Gray watches the spectacle unfold, beginning to suspect that every illusion hides a body. The killer is always one breath ahead. And as the investigation closes in, Jonathan discovers the deadliest illusion isn't on stage — it's the one he's been living.

But someone else is on the stage with him.

Someone who knows exactly what happened to all five victims.

Someone who isn't ready to let go.

Three Men. One Stage. No Exit.

As pressure mounts and the spotlight turns deadly, Jonathan prepares for the most dangerous act of his life — a live underwater escape performed before millions. If he survives the four-minute tank, he walks free. If he fails, the truth dies with him.

Published by Nexus Press

Jeffrey Weinzweig, MD

Jeffrey Weinzweig, MD, is an American author, surgeon and founder of a nonprofit foundation that provides pro bono surgery for children with congenital craniofacial anomalies in developing countries who would otherwise receive no treatment. He is an emeritus chairman of plastic surgery and has published six surgical textbooks, which have been translated into numerous languages worldwide, and over 200 articles and book chapters related to his specialty. He holds more than twenty patents for surgical innovations in his field. His first novel, CONTRAPTIONS, received critical acclaim. SLEIGHT OF MIND is his second novel.

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Three Men. One Stage. No Exit.

Jeffrey Weinzweig, MD

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