[link|http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0340794992/qid%3D1023139141/sr%3D1-1/ref%3Dsr%5F1%5F2%5F1/202-9550467-5271824|Carter Beats the Devil]

Fun stuff with '20s era magic acts, cameos by Houdini, the Marx Brothers, and Philo and his invention figures heavily. Just read it last month and couldn't put it down.