The Houdini Girl

by Martyn Bedford

Published 26 January 1999
Learning of the death of his girlfriend on a train between Oxford and London, a young professional magician Fletcher Brandon, who had no idea why she was there, decides to pursue the puzzle himself. The trail leads to Amsterdam, and the realization that her death was neither an accident nor suicide. A psychological thriller, this is an intelligent novel that plays cleverly with notions of illusion and deception. Third novel by this author who made front page news with 'Acts Of Revision'.