The summer of 1904 is a troubling one for the future bestselling author Edna Ferber, who is a fledgling reporter for the town newspaper. Her family thinks her job is scandalous, and the paper's city editor is trying to undermine her. But she gets to interview the famous escape artist Harry Houdini, who is in town, and she enlists his help to solve the case of a murdered high school girl who mysteriously disappeared from a locked room. But as she pursues the story, she senses that her own life in the small town is unraveling ...
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The summer of 1904 is a troubling one for the future bestselling author Edna Ferber, who is a fledgling reporter for the town newspaper. Her family thinks her job is scandalous, and the paper's city editor is trying to undermine her. But she gets to interview the famous escape artist Harry Houdini, who is in town, and she enlists his help to solve the case of a murdered high school girl who mysteriously disappeared from a locked room. But as she pursues the story, she senses that her own life in the small town is unraveling and that her involvement will impact her life forever.
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