Houdini Alive and Grooving in the Sixties?

What if, Harry Houdini, world famous magician and escape artist, did not die on October 31, 1926, but faked his death and reappeared some forty years later in 1966. So goes the premise of “Houdini Lives!”a novel by Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld.

According to a recent press release, the story, which is fiction based on fact, is a murder mystery that combines humor, political drama and romance. In the novel, Houdini has been in hiding from political enemies and plans a dramatic comeback. Who are these enemies from the 1920's, and why are they still trying to kill him?

"Houdini always said he'd be back," the release states. "Could it be he was planning a major comeback on the Jackie Gleason television show on Halloween night 40 years after his burial?"

"I'm convinced a mysterious old rabbi with an old black robe, who showed me my first magic trick in Miami Beach was the legendary escape artist," Steinfeld says in the release. The novel is available online at www.HoudiniLives.com.

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