Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Floating Lady Murder

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Floating Lady Murder
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Daniel Stashower
SeriesHarry Houdini
Series part Volume No. 2
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 201,Width 130
Category/GenreHistorical mysteries
ISBN/Barcode 9780857682925
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Titan Books Ltd
Imprint Titan Books Ltd
Publication Date 24 February 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Struggling young performer Harry Houdini is working for the renowned Kellar "Dean of American Magicians" in turn-of the-century New York. When his master's astonishing illusion the Floating Lady goes horribly wrong, Houdini, along with his wife Bess and brother Dash, must solve the deadly conundrum and figure out how the young lady died from drowning rather than a fatal fall...

Author Biography

Daniel Stashower is a novelist and magician. His works include: Elephants in the Distance, The Beautiful Cigar Girl, The Ghosts of Baker Street, an anthology of Sherlock Holmes stories, plus the Sherlock Holmes novel, The Ectoplasmic Man.

Reviews

"atmospheric, suspenseful... Mr. Stashower... vividly recreates the atmosphere of the period" (New York Times on The Beautiful Cigar Girl)"