Piper Houdini Nightmare on Esopus Island

<p>After running away from Houdini and his wife saving wild animals from a raging inferno and a breathtaking showdown with a vampire named Flapper Piper settles in with the performers of the Coney Island freak show only to discover that she may be the greatest freak of all.</p><p>As the summer of 1926 heats up Piper continues the quest for her dark legacy. Along the way she will encounter a variety of real-life luminaries from the 1920s including the erudite author H. P. Lovecraft the occultist Aleister Crowley and a Rudolph Valentino zombie. Piper will need to use all the valuable skills she learns from her new friends to confront the lunatic who has been murdering sideshow performers.</p><p>In this pulse-pounding conclusion to the tale begun in Piper Houdini: Apprentice of Coney Island author Glenn Herdling takes readers from the rousing backdrop of the legendary Brooklyn amusement pier to a mysterious island on the Hudson River where a sinister rite takes place that could enslave the human race—unless Piper and her unusual friends can stop it.</p>