• The Illusion of Murder

• Author Carol McCleary
• Published by Thorndike Press

Nellie Bly — Victorian Age detective‚ reporter‚ and feminist — 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 deems it too dangerous for a woman. But in her official account‚ Seventy-Two Days Around the World‚ Nellie leaves out one riveting event: a mysterious death.

Review:

“What a stroke of genius that McCleary chose an early female pioneer of journalism for her sleuth… . Fans of Suzanne Arruda and Rhys Bowen will love this one.”
— starred‚ Library Journal

• Published/Released: August 2011
• ISBN 13: 9781410440303
• ISBN 10: 1410440303
• Product number: 264900
• Page count: 689
• Shipping Weight: 1.15 lbs (0.52 kgs)

Price: US $30.99