Danger in the Dark: A Houdini & Nate Mystery: 1 (Houdini and Nate Mysteries 1)

Harry Houdini - the worlds greatest escape artist - is in need of a new hat. That is what brings him to Bennett & Son Gentlemens Hatters of Fifth Avenue where young Nathaniel G. Makeworthy Fuller is working for the summer. A surprising friendship develops between the world-famous daredevil and the boy clerk and it comes in the nick of time. A suspicious stranger has recently wheedled his way into the confidences of Nates wealthy great-aunt with whom the boy and his widowed mother live. Now their house is filled with spooky late-night gatherings the purpose of which is kept secret from Nate. Houdini is just the man to tackle this tangled mystery - and help Nate and his family escape the grasp of an interloper more cunning and dangerous than Nate could have imagined.. A truly captivating historical adventure Danger in the Dark launches the Houdini & Nate Mystery series with fast-paced plotting and a colorful blend of fact and fiction. . Danger in the Dark is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Childrens Book of the Year.