{"product_id":"escape-artist-ed-ifkovic-9781590588482","title":"Escape Artist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Who would have thought that, of all the real-life characters to have a second life as detectives, Edna Ferber, now largely forgotten as a writer, would emerge as one of the best?\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e STARRED review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1904, Edna Ferber is a 19-year-old girl reporter for the Appleton, Wisconsin, \u003cem\u003eCrescent\u003c\/em\u003e, an occupation her family considers scandalous for a proper young girl. By chance, she interviews Harry Houdini, in town visiting old friends. When beautiful young Frana Lempke disappears and is soon discovered murdered, the crime baffles the local police; Frana disappeared from a locked room at the high school. Edna asks Houdini for help in solving the murder. But as Edna pursues the story, she senses that she is being followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough she is dedicated to her blind father, Edna's homelife is in disorder. And now the newsroom has become a hostile environment, with a new city editor determined to undermine her....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Ifkovic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590588487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590588482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.50h x 8.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ed Ifkovic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518927810815,"sku":"9781590588482","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2937f309-b4d4-46bc-9785-f5f48e06f87e.jpg?v=1778736188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/escape-artist-ed-ifkovic-9781590588482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}