HOUDINI AND DOYLE THE RETURN OF JACK: A Houdini / Doyle mystery - Softcover

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HOUDINI AND DOYLE: THE RETURN OF JACK
A Houdini / Doyle Mystery

London, 1923.

A series of grisly murders shakes Whitechapel once again—killings horrifyingly similar to those committed by Jack the Ripper 35 years ago. The victims, the brutality, even the chilling signatures… all seem to point to one terrifying question:

Has Jack the Ripper returned?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—creator of Sherlock Holmes and passionate spiritualist—believes something dark and otherworldly may have been awakened. Plagued by guilt, he fears he may have inadvertently opened a door that should have remained closed.

To stop the carnage, Doyle turns to a man who understands deception better than anyone: master illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini—a fierce skeptic and relentless enemy of trickery and spiritual fraud.

Joined by a daring woman police constable and two seasoned detectives, Houdini and Doyle combine opposite forces—logic and belief, illusion and intuition—to hunt a killer who may not be entirely of this world.

As the mysterious murders grow more brutal, the team must confront a terrifying possibility:
Jack’s evil didn’t die. It waited.

A thrilling blend of historical fiction, paranormal mystery, detective suspense, and real-life legends, HOUDINI AND DOYLE: THE RETURN OF JACK explores the thin line between illusion and truth, and how far one must go to stop a nightmare reborn.

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