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Author
Publisher
Dark Alley
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
286 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Great Depression has bound a nation in despair -- and only a privileged few have risen above it: the exorbitantly wealthy ... and the hucksters who feed upon them. Diego, a seventeen-year-old illegal Mexican immigrant, owes his salvation to master grifter Thomas Schell. Together with Schell's gruff and powerful partner, they sail comfortably through hard times, scamming New York's grieving rich with elaborate, ingeniously staged séances -- until...
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English
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When Kristi Stewart inherits a property in the old part of Savannah, she knows it comes with stories of hauntings. But she doesn't believe in ghosts, even while she runs seances for the guests of McLane House Bed-and-Breakfast. Until the inexplicable midnight appearance of one of her infamous ancestors. Terrified, she flees into the night--and right into the arms of Dallas Wicker. Dallas is trying to uncover the truth about a colleague who died under...
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"1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D'Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister's death, but to do so, she must embrace the...
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
320 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nineteenth-century attorney Sarah Woolson is still trying to get her life together. Against her family's wishes, she opens her own San Francisco law firm, only to find that clients -paying clients, that is -are wary of allowing a woman to manage their legal affairs. Just when her patience, as well as her money, are about to run out, Sarah and her friend and former colleague, Robert Campbell, attend a séance at San Francisco's Cliff House. Making...
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English
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"It's not that Verity Kent doesn't sympathize with those eager to make contact with lost loved ones. After all, she once believed herself a war widow. But now that she's discovered Sidney is very much alive, Verity is having enough trouble connecting with her estranged husband, never mind the dead. Still, at a friend's behest, Verity attends a séance, where she encounters the man who still looms between her and Sidney--and a medium who channels a...
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English
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"It's 1956, and Lee Plunkett has taken over the family business as a private investigator despite his reluctance to follow in his father's footsteps. When murder intrudes on a group of ghost seekers, Lee is asked to solve the case by a cop on the verge of retirement. At the urging of his perpetual fiancée Audrey, Lee enlists the help of Mr. O'Nelligan, a scholarly Irishman with a keen eye for solving mysteries. The duo is drawn into a murder investigation...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
372 pages.: illustration.; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Arriving on the Isle of Jersey in the aftermath of painful losses, mythologist Jac L'Etoile investigates the region's Celtic history while participating in her host's exploration of novelist Victor Hugo's mid-19th-century experimentations with seances, through which some believed he communicated with a shadowy supernatural figure.
10) Newport: a novel
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 356 pages, 15 variously numbered pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a glamorous Newport mansion filled with secrets, a debonair lawyer must separate truth from deception. Spring 1921. The Great War is over, Prohibition is in full swing, the Great Depression is still years away. Wealthy families flock to the glittering "summer cottages" they built in Newport, Rhode Island. Having sheltered in Newport during his misspent youth, attorney Adrian de la Noye is no stranger to the city. Though he'd prefer to forget the...
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Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Victorian explorer William Day, 13 years after a failed expedition resulted in abandonment, betrayal and cannibalism, embarks on an uncanny journey into his past to find his missing second-in-command during which he must face up to the things he's done as the restless dead follow closely behind.
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Series
Tales from the haunted mansion volume 2
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome foolish mortals, to the lonesome library of the Haunted Mansion. Return to the happiest haunt on earth for more terrifying tales from beyond the grave. But take caution--for when the clock strikes twelve, the most macabre medium of them all will establish contact with the other side, and ghastly ghosts will materialize. So read on, if you dare, but beware midnight at Madame Leota's!--Page [4] of cover.
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Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery volume 9
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a psychic fair arrives in West London, Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, wants nothing to do with it. But somehow, at the urging of Donald Morris, an enthusiastic Sherlockian, she finds herself talked into attending a séance, along with baker and best friend Jayne Wilson, store assistant, Ashleigh, and former pop star Bunny Leigh. But to her surprise, Gemma finds herself banned from the séance and shown the door....
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Detective Kindaichi Mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Pushkin Vertigo
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1947, Kindaichi is consulted by 20-something Mineko Tsubaki. Her father, Hidesuke, a flautist and composer, disappeared the previous spring, and his corpse was found six weeks later. The official verdict was that Hidesuke poisoned himself, but Mineko and her mother, who believe the corpse was misidentified, suspect he may still be alive. Kindaichi agrees to attend a divination session intended to summon the musician's spirit and confirm his demise,...
15) The raven thief
Author
Series
Secret staircase mystery volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian is one of the best locked room mystery writers working today. Her newest heroine, Tempest Raj, returns in The Raven Thief, where sliding bookcases, trick tables, and hidden reading nooks hide something much more sinister than the Secret Staircase Construction crew ever imagined. One murder. Four impossibilities. A fake séance hides a very real crime. Secret Staircase Construction just finished their first...
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English
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"For lovers of the supernatural and the macabre comes this collection of ghostly and chilling stories from legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. Fantastic psychic visions, specters looming in the shadows, encounters with deities, a man who switches bodies with a cat--be sure to keep the light on whilst reading these tales. The Last Séance gathers twenty stories, some featuring Christie's beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, in...
17) City of shadows
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English
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"In this all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson, newlywed Elizabeth Bates must use her unlawful skills to expose a dangerous charlatan. Elizabeth Bates has returned from her honeymoon with Gideon and is taking great pride in having completely forsaken her disreputable past. But then, her friend Anna Vanderslice begs her to use her talents to save Anna's widowed mother from an unscrupulous medium. Since the...
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Series
Olive Bright mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Weaving wartime intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about the role of carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of British pigeoneer Olive Bright, but as bitter cold weather forces her racing birds indoors in November 1941, Olive is assigned to a new role in the war effort - escorting none other than Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming on his visit to the Brickendonbury Manor spy training center......
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