Escapade

Walter Satterthwait

ISBN 10: 0312130686 / ISBN 13: 9780312130688

Published by St Martins Pr August 1995, 1995

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Signed and inscribed by the author. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering. Stated First Edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Escapade
• Publisher: St Martins Pr August 1995
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312130686
• ISBN 13: 9780312130688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Collectible-very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

In the summer of 1921, English society is fascinated by the spiritual world - perhaps no one more than the great mystery writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, one of thirteen eager guests at a weekend party and seance in a stately Devon manor house steeped in history and tradition. But, as Sir Arthur puts it, "Something very strange, and very sinister, is occurring here at Maplewhite." Whatever it is, warns his skeptical friend Harry Houdini, it is most certainly of this world, and no other.
Their suspicions are amply confirmed when their host, the Earl of Axminster, is found murdered - in a locked room.
Suspects and secrets abound, from the lovely Lady Purleigh and her nubile daughter, Cecily, to Dr. Erik Auerbach, the Viennese psychoanalyst, to Mme. Sosostris, the renowned European medium. Nobody is quite what they appear to be, and everyone has something to hide, in a mystery so puzzling that it baffles not only Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but even the Great Houdini himself. Only the two greatest masterminds of artful deceit could solve a crime so ingeniously crafted and cunningly executed.

Synopsis

Hired to guard Harry Houdini from a rival magician's death threats, Phil Beaumont finds his hands full at a stately country home where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is among the guests and the host is found murdered. Reprint. K.