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The Billion Dollar Ransom

  • 1982 first published
  • 189 pages
  • 6 editions

The Billion Dollar Ransom is a 1982 stage-magic fiction novel by Leslie McFarlane. Readers will find themes of magic tricks, Kidnapping, brothers and teenage boy detectives.

8 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions.

It runs to roughly 189 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Magic tricks
  • Mystery and detective stories
  • Kidnapping
  • Brothers
  • Teenage boy detectives
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Magicians
  • Hardy Boys
  • American Mystery fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • Magic
  • Hardy boys

Quick answers

Who wrote The Billion Dollar Ransom?

The Billion Dollar Ransom was written by Leslie McFarlane and first published in 1982.

What genre is The Billion Dollar Ransom?

It is usually shelved as Magicians & Illusionists.

How long is The Billion Dollar Ransom?

The median edition has 189 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Billion Dollar Ransom?

Readers who like it often enjoy The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Under the Magician's Spell and The name of this book is secret (Secret series #1).

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