Nevermore
"Nevermore" is a novel written by William Hjortsberg published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1994. In this novel, the main characters are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini.
Plot summary
Set in 1923 in New York City, a series of Ripper-like murders that recreate the macabre stories of Poe. Touring the U.S. as advocates of spiritualism, Sir Arthur and Lady Conan Doyle are reunited with Harry Houdini and Bess Houdini, friends since the magician's 1920 tour of Great Britain, where he indulged his passion for debunking spirit mediums. Though both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini are drawn against their wills into the furor created by the bizarre killings, and though both wind up being stalked by the killer, they find their warm if oddly antipathetic camaraderie strained when Houdini ridicules a private séance given him by Lady Conan Doyle. Meanwhile, atop the list of suspects stands the enigmatic Isis, a sexy clairvoyant who also has suffered at the hands of the cavalier Houdini...
