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Best-selling author Iain Lawrence's adventures and mysteries for children and young adults are enormously popular selections. In the midst of the roaring '20s, Scooter, the son of a psychic, admires Harry Houdini. He can't wait to see Houdini perform his amazing new illusion. But backstage at the show, Scooter finds something that he wishes were merely an illusion: a dead body floating in Houdini's tank.
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"Scooter King becomes part of a murder mystery when he tries to sneak a peak at Harry Houdini's Chinese Water Torture Chamber. Will Scooter be the next victim? A fun read with interesting details about Houdini and psychic mediums. "
— Kat (4 out of 5 stars)
The Seance Listener Reviews
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" Pretty good especially if you are interested in the trickery involved in stances and are interested in Henry Houdini enough to read a fictional account of him, but not enough to read his actual biography. "
— Ragan, 4/21/2010 -
" I loved the language in this book! This humorous mystery tale is loaded with 1920's lingo. For example, calling a beautiful woman a "barbeque Jane." <br/> <br/>Well-written and great for kids who love mysteries! "
— Melanie, 6/23/2009 -
" This book has a good deal of humor, lots of slang from the 20's (some of which truthfully, I have to look up, I'm not really sure what they all mean) and a great mystery surrounding Houdini and his visit this young man's town. "
— Nancy, 6/13/2009 -
" <br/>I'm always intrigued by books with Houdini as a character. . .and then I never really like them. I should be more aware of this pattern next time. "
— Erin, 1/31/2009 -
" Houdini, psychics, murders, and twenties-era slang. "
— Jayanne, 10/25/2008 -
" Scooter King's mother is a medium who holds seances, and Scooter is her helper. He knows how to create ectoplasm, moving chairs, throwing voices, but when he meets the real Harry Houdini and a man is murdered, Scooter is faced with the real challenge of solving the murder. <br/> "
— Alex, 8/9/2008
About Iain Lawrence
Iain Lawrence is a bestselling children’s author. Before becoming a fiction writer, he studied journalism at Vancouver Community College and spent ten years working for small newspapers in northern British Columbia. He is the author of The Wreckers, The Giant Slayer, The Smugglers, The Winter Pony, and others. Lawrence won the prize for Children’s Literature from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2007. He lives in the Gulf Islands with his partner, Kristen.
About Steven Boyer
Steven Boyer is a graduate of the Juilliard School and has appeared both on stage and screen.