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Zusatztext "Bess Houdini was swept into history by an impulsive and passionate love! and then left bereft when her world-renowned husband died too soon. And that is where we find her at the beginning of the novel. Kelly has drawn Bess with such charm and moxie that I felt myself pulled into the pages! racing alongside her to uncover the clues Harry left behind! then stunned and weeping when she discovers the future he imagined for her." Informationen zum Autor Victoria Kelly received her M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, her B.A. Summa Cum Laude from Harvard University, and her M.Phil. in creative writing from Trinity College Dublin, where she was a US Mitchell Scholar. She is the author of the poetry collection When the Men Go Off to War. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in the anthologies Best American Poetry 2013 and Contemporary American Poetr y, as well as Alaska Quarterly Review, Southwest Review, Prairie Schooner, and North American Review . She lives in Virginia with her husband and daughters. Klappentext Before escape artist Harry Houdini died! he vowed he would find a way to speak to his beloved wife! Bess! from beyond the grave using a coded message known only to the two of them. But when a widowed Bess begins seeing this code in seemingly impossible places! it becomes clear that Harry has an urgent message to convey. Unlocking the puzzle will set Bess on a course back through the pair's extraordinary romance! which swept the illusionist and his bride from the beaches of Coney Island! to the palaces of Budapest! to the back lots of Hollywood. When the mystery finally leads Bess to the doorstep of a mysterious young photographer! she realizes that her husband's magic may have been more than just illusion. Zusammenfassung A captivating debut novel about the passionate marriage of Harry Houdini and his wife, Bess, and a love story which defies death itself.
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Victoria Kelly
