Escaping from Houdini
Escaping from HoudiniKerri Maniscalco
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Escaping from Houdini (2018)

Kerri Maniscalco

Others: Mostly positive

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.

ISBN:
9780316551724
Length:
449 pages

Genres: mystery, young adult

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Loved it

I got three or four chapters in it was phenomenal but then I just didn't continue on with it because I was in a really crappy book slump at the time. I will finish this book because I love it so much I love Audrey Rose and I am obsessed with Thomas Creswell.

Loved it

I love the stocking Jack the Ripper series an audio I think they're so awesome I get to really experience the mind of Audrey and Thomas Chris Paul and all of that stuff it's just they're really great audiobooks so I recommend them as well

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