{"product_id":"9781429960700","title":"The Illusion of Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory, mystery, murder and \u003ci\u003emagic \u003c\/i\u003eaccompany Nellie Bly – Victorian Age detective, reporter, and feminist – as she takes up a challenge by Jules Verne to beat the eighty days it took his fictional hero Phileas Fogg to race around the world.  Nellie tackles the journey--alone, with a single change of clothes--against the wishes of her publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, who felt it was \"too dangerous for a woman to attempt.\"  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her official account of the journey, \u003ci\u003eSeventy-Two Days Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e, Nellie leaves out one riveting event: a mysterious death.  In the bustling harbor city of Port Said, she witnesses an event that makes her a target for a killer and involves her in international intrigue with the fate of nations at stake.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn board the ships that take Nellie from the Land of the Pharaohs to the exotic Orient and across the Pacific are the most famous magicians in the world... but a killer also stalks the decks.  As magicians conjure the fantasy and a spiritualist raises the dead, Nellie wonders if Mr. Pulitzer had underestimated the danger. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154141036784,"sku":"9781429960700","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429960700_p0.jpg?v=1769902465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429960700","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}