Escaping from Houdini

Description:

In 1889, the ship Etruria departs Liverpool, England, for New York carrying Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her crime-solving partner, Thomas, a famous escape artist, and a cold-blooded killer.-- 1889. Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York on the opulent RMS Etruria. When young women begin to go missing, a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. As Audrey Rose and Thomas begin to piece together the gruesome investigation, the clues to the next victim point to someone she loves. Can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer's horrifying finale? -- adapted from jacket.

subjects: Detective and mystery stories,  Ocean travel,  Juvenile fiction,  Cruise ships,  Fiction,  Mystery and detective stories,  Magic tricks,  Serial murderers,  History,  Children's fiction,  Ocean travel, fiction,  Murder, fiction,  Great britain, history, 19th century, fiction,  Magic, fiction,  Criminals, fiction,  nyt:series-books=2018-10-07,  New York Times bestseller

People: Harry Houdini (1874-1926)

Places: Great Britain

Times: Victoria, 1837-1901