Daniel Stashower

Cuando Harry Houdini es encerrado por espionaje, víctima de un montaje, Sherlock Holmes se compromete a limpiar su nombre. Ambos se unen para derrotar a los criminales que quieren chantajear al príncipe de Gales. El caso requiere de todas sus habilidades; y aun mas. Houdini consigue transformarse en ectoplasma y protagoniza una audaz huida de Scotland Yard. Watson se convierte en la unica persona en presenciar su fuga de una celda.

New York City in 1897 and young escapologist Harry Houdini is struggling to get the recognition he craves from the ruthless entertainment industry. When toy tycoon Branford Wintour is found murdered in his Fifth Avenue mansion, detectives call upon Houdini to help solve this mysterious crime. When Harry and his brother Dash reach the scene of the murder, they discover that Wintour was killed seemingly by a magic trick...

El 28 de julio de 1841 el hallazgo en el río Hudson del cuerpo sin vida, con visibles señales de violencia, de Mary Rogers, una joven conocida en todo Nueva York como "la bella cigarrera", dio inicio a uno de los mas famosos "crimenes del siglo". Edgar Allan Poe tuvo la idea de reconstruirlo en El misterio de Marie Roget (incluido en un apendice a esta edicion), un relato paralelo ambientado en Paris y protagonizado por el detective Auguste C. Dupin. Tenia asimismo la ambicion de resolver el misterio y señalar al culpable, pero la realidad, con inesperadas revelaciones, se le adelanto.

En 1897, la ciudad de Nueva York bulle con estafadores y nuevos ricos, artistas refinados, timadores, criminales e inmigrantes. Entre ellos se encuentra el hijo de un rabino que se hace llamar Houdini. Lucha por abrirse camino en el negocio del espectáculo cuando se ve requerido por la policía para enfrentarse a la mayor proeza de su joven carrera: resolver el misterio de un magnate asesinado en su elegante mansión de la Quinta Avenida. Es un reto que Harry, nunca falto de confianza en sí mismo, está más que dispuesto a asumir. Ahora, el maestro de los magos, con la reacia ayuda de su hermano, Dash Hardeen, deberá descubrir el móvil del asesinato y seguir la pista al asesino hasta su oculta guarida.

The Great Harry Houdini is still struggling to make a name for himself in turn-of-the-century New York. He sees an opportunity for glory in exposing the tricks of the medium Lucius Craig - if only he can work out how the medium managed to conjure a "spirit" while tied to a chair by Houdini himself or how the apparition was able to stab an audience member to death and then disappear! Another thrilling title in the Harry Houdini Mysteries series!

Winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Biographical Work, this is "an excellent biography of the man who created Sherlock Holmes" (David Walton, The New York Times Book Review) This fresh, compelling biography examines the extraordinary life and strange contrasts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the struggling provincial doctor who became the most popular storyteller of his age. From his youthful exploits aboard a whaling ship to his often stormy friendships with such figures as Harry Houdini and George Bernard Shaw, Conan Doyle lived a life as gripping as one of his adventures. Exhaustively researched and elegantly written, Teller of Tales sets aside many myths and misconceptions to present a vivid portrait of the man behind the leg of Baker Street, with a particular emphasis on the Psychic Crusade that dominated his final years-the work that Conan Doyle himself felt to be "the most important thing in the world.

In turn-of-the-century New York City, struggling young performer Herry Houdini is working for the ronowned magician Kellar. One night his masters astonishing illusion the Floating Lady goes horribly wrong, with Kellars levitating assistant apparently plunging to her death. Houdini must solve the mystery and figure out how the young lady died from drowning rather than a fatal fall.

When Harry Houdini is framed and jailed for espionage, Sherlock Holmes vows to clear his name, with the two joining forces to take on blackmailers who have targeted the Prince of Wales. Its a case that requires all of their skills both mental and physical. Can the daring duo solve what people are calling "The Crime of the Century"?