Hi, we're back with another audiobook recommendation. If you love twisty stories, mysterious

disappearances, and podcasts, this next audiobook is for you. It's called Acts of Violet by Margarita

Montemore. Acts of Violet is an utterly original, propulsive story of famed deception and

forgiveness that will make you believe in magic.

10 years ago, world-renowned magician Violet Volk disappeared mid-act, shocking her fans

and leaving her family wondering what happened. As the anniversary of her disappearance approaches,

true crime podcast host Cameron Frank decides to dig into Violet's last act. With 10 different

narrators on the program, the audiobook alternates between Sasha's narration and Cameron's

podcast transcripts, interspersed with documents that offer a tantalizing look behind the curtain

at Violet herself. Keep listening to hear a sneak peek from Acts of Violet.

Anyone who tells you they knew Violet Volk is a liar. I was married to her, and I still couldn't

tell you who the real VV was, because nothing was real with her. Her life, her career, it was all a

series of illusions. Violet was a strange one. Part gutter punk, part diva. She was unpredictable.

Whip smart, charismatic as hell. Not conventionally beautiful, but alluring in the way that self-assurance

gives people a special magnetism. There was this malleable quality to her. Sometimes Violet could

be the most gorgeous woman you've ever seen, and other times she was utterly hideous. Either way,

it was impossible to take your eyes off her. I worshipped her. I think a lot of girls in the 90s did.

She was a phony, and she made millions of people buying her lies. From her meteoric rise in stage magic

and pivot to self-help guru to her salacious romantic entanglements, to a muddy personal history

filled with contradictions and obfuscations, VV was perennially complex and enigmatic. If there

was one thing you could rely on her to deliver, it was the unexpected. How could this have happened?

There were so many witnesses, hundreds, thousands of us, and nobody saw a thing?

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