Murder At An English Séance

Author : Jessica Ellicott
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496740175

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Murder at an English Séance by Jessica Ellicott Pdf

American adventuress Beryl Halliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport team up once again as enquiry agents to investigate a suspicious psychic in this historical English village mystery set just after World War I. Hidden beneath her British reserve, Edwina has a secret: she’s finished her novel and is bravely mailing the manuscript to a publisher. Beryl also has a secret: as thanks for solving a case, the American adventuress has been gifted an airplane. After swooping over the fields and hedgerows of Walmsley Parva, livestock scattering beneath her, she flamboyantly lands the plane on the village green, prompting a startled Edwina to consider a stiff gin fizz. Beryl’s aircraft is not the only disruption of village peace. Miss Dinsdale, a psychic medium, has started holding séances. After the church organist resigns to serve as musical accompaniment for the séances, the vicar’s wife hires the enquiry agents to expose the medium as a charlatan. Beryl is confident she can spot the fraud, having learned from Harry Houdini himself some tricks of the trade. The dubious Miss Dinsdale claims her spirit guide is an Egyptian princess whose mummy resides in a sarcophagus in the room. But the only body in the sarcophagus belongs to a murdered villager impaled with a dagger. As the sleuths begin to investigate, Beryl discovers her plane has been sabotaged and wonders if there’s a connection. Whether in the air or on terra firma, Beryl and Edwina must go round a circle of suspects to divine the culprit . . .

Author : Marty Wingate
Publisher : Bookouture
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 183790958X

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A Body at the Séance by Marty Wingate Pdf

When a body turns up at a glamorous séance, Mabel Canning's sleuthing skills are put to the test. Because it appears the victim died twice... London, 1921: As a winter wind blows through the streets of London, Mabel Canning is hired by the Useful Women's Agency to attend a séance at the home of famous medium Madame Pushkana. But when Mabel hears a choking noise and a loud thud, she quickly turns on the lights to find herself at the scene of a murder. The victim is none other than Stamford Plomley, whose widow arranged the séance after he died in a fire eight months ago. How did he come back from the dead without a scorch mark on him? And could one of their assembled party of gentlewomen have killed him... again? When Scotland Yard arrive, the police try to stop Mabel from interfering. But having just formed the London Ladies' Murder Club, Mabel isn't going anywhere. And with the help of former detective Park Winstone, she begins to piece together what really happened at the ghostly gathering. But when Mabel receives a threatening letter warning her to stay away from the case, she realises the murderer may have another victim in mind. With time running out, will she hit a dead end? Or can she keep herself from becoming the next one to be sent to an early grave? A totally gripping, witty and warm Golden Age cozy murder mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman, Verity Bright and T.E. Kinsey. What readers are saying about Marty Wingate: 'VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! GO! BUY! READ!' Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I absolutely had a ball reading this... filled with charming characters and plenty of spine-tingling twists to keep readers on the edges of their seats!' Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Loved this!... laugh-out-loud moments and lots of twists and turns... I was torn between wanting to race to the end and prolong my time with the characters... Perfect!' Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I read it in a day... Couldn't put it down!' Mystereity Reviews

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061752209

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The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie Pdf

The Sittaford Mystery is Dame Agatha at her most intriguing, as a séance in a snowbound house predicts a particularly grisly murder. In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: "Captain Trevelyan . . . dead . . . murder." Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snowdrifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on foot. . . .

Author : Beatrix Hesse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137463043

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The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century by Beatrix Hesse Pdf

This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction.

Author : Judika Illes,Bram Stoker,H.D. Everett,M. R. James,Oscar Wilde,Richard Le Gallienne,Robert W. Chambers,H. P. Lovecraft,Sonia H. Greene,Charles Dickens,W. B. Yeats,Arthur Machen,Dion Fortune,Algernon Blackwood,Marie Corelli,Lord Dunsany,Edgar Allan Poe,Hanns Heinz Ewers,W. W. Jacobs
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781633410398

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The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten by Judika Illes,Bram Stoker,H.D. Everett,M. R. James,Oscar Wilde,Richard Le Gallienne,Robert W. Chambers,H. P. Lovecraft,Sonia H. Greene,Charles Dickens,W. B. Yeats,Arthur Machen,Dion Fortune,Algernon Blackwood,Marie Corelli,Lord Dunsany,Edgar Allan Poe,Hanns Heinz Ewers,W. W. Jacobs Pdf

Classic stories of occult fiction by Dion Fortune, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, H. P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Marie Corelli, R. W. Chambers, and more. These are the authors and tales that inspired modern masters like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Nic Pizzolatto—edited and introduced by leading occult author and scholar Judika Illes. These powerfully evocative stories—some of which have been forgotten over the years, like buried treasure—will thrill and chill readers to the bone. During the dark, eerie hours, when the wind is blowing and the ghosts are roaming outside, these tales can fill a night with pleasant terror—as well as encouraging our minds to venture beyond the mundane into the realm of the fantastic.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Parapsychology
ISBN : HARVARD:HXIT4H

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Light by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frank H.S. Bridge
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789287194749

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The Council of Europe French-English legal dictionary by Frank H.S. Bridge Pdf

Designed to provide useful and authentic translations, this dictionary is an incomparable reference work containing some 11 000 entries, clearly set out and easy to consult.

Author : Carolee Russell
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466975200

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Murder in the Haunted House by Carolee Russell Pdf

The tongue-in-cheek style adds a bit of humor to this murder mystery story, which isn't just a story of a wealthy widow in a dysfunctional family who believes a mystic can contact her dead husband through a seance and he in turn can help her put order back into her life. The second half of the book provides the information and instructions needed to perform this story in play format in the privacy and comfort of your home. There are many characters so all guests can participate and experience stepping into a different persona, if only for an intriguing evening of murder...starring YOU! With the publication of Murder in the Haunted House, Ms. Russell brings to the public not only the conceived story but also full instructions and the means to perform the story as a play in a party atmosphere. Be daring, let yourself go and give it a try. Look for other similar mystery party plays coming soon: "A Race to Murder," "Murder By Magic," and "A Wake For Murder."

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062300614

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The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie Pdf

An Agatha Christie short story from the collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories. A young Englishman visiting Cornwall finds himself delving into the legend of a Belgian nun who is living as a refugee in the village. Possessed of supernatural powers, she is said to have caused her entire convent to explode when it was occupied by invading German soldiers during World War I. Sister Angelique was the only survivor. Could such a tall tale possibly be true?

Author : Richard White
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781324004349

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Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University by Richard White Pdf

Named One of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 by the Los Angeles Times A premier historian penetrates the fog of corruption and cover-up still surrounding the murder of a Stanford University founder to establish who did it, how, and why. In 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband’s death in 1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the university to inculcate her values, steered Stanford into eccentricity and public controversy for more than a decade. In 1905 she was murdered in Hawaii, a victim, according to the Honolulu coroner’s jury, of strychnine poisoning. With her vast fortune the university’s lifeline, the Stanford president and his allies quickly sought to foreclose challenges to her bequests by constructing a story of death by natural causes. The cover-up gained traction in the murky labyrinths of power, wealth, and corruption of Gilded Age San Francisco. The murderer walked. Deftly sifting the scattered evidence and conflicting stories of suspects and witnesses, Richard White gives us the first full account of Jane Stanford’s murder and its cover-up. Against a backdrop of the city’s machine politics, rogue policing, tong wars, and heated newspaper rivalries, White’s search for the murderer draws us into Jane Stanford’s imperious household and the academic enmities of the university. Although Stanford officials claimed that no one could have wanted to murder Jane, we meet several people who had the motives and the opportunity to do so. One of these, we discover, also had the means.

Author : Tom Frost,Rebecca Huxley-Binns,Jacqueline Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000752113

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Unlocking the English Legal System by Tom Frost,Rebecca Huxley-Binns,Jacqueline Martin Pdf

Unlocking the English Legal System will help you grasp the main concepts of the legal system in England and Wales with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising. This edition also contains four new chapters: on European Law and the English Legal System; Legal Reasoning; Alternative Dispute Resolution; and Legal Skills and Examination Preparation. In addition, this edition considers the legal consequences of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, or ‘Brexit’; the proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination that will be introduced in 2021; the Lammy Review of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation in the Criminal Justice System; and the proposals for a new Online Court in the civil justice system. The books in the Unlocking the Law Series get straight to the point and offer clear and concise coverage of the law, broken-down into bite-size sections with regular recaps to boost your confidence. They provide complete coverage of both core and popular optional law modules, presented in an innovative, visual format.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112042706678

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Academy, with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Gracey
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781842433973

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Dario Argento by James Gracey Pdf

The stylistic and bloody excesses of the films of Dario Argento are instantly recognisable. Vivid, baroque and nightmarish, his films lock violent deaths in a twisted embrace with an almost sexual beauty. Narrative and logic are often lost in a constant bombardment of atmosphere, technical mastery and provocative imagery. It's a body of work which deals explicitly with death and violence, all the while revelling in perversely alluring stylistics and shot through with an unflinching intensity. Setting the tone with earlier gialli films such as The Animal Trilogy and Deep Red, Argento has steadily pushed the boundaries; through his elaborately gothic fairytales Suspiria and Inferno, right up to his more recent contributions to TV's Masters of Horror compendium and the conclusion of his Three Mothers trilogy, Mother of Tears: The Third Mother. Along the way, his prowling camera work, pounding scores and stylistic bloodshed have only gained in intensity and opulence. This Kamera Book examines his entire output. Hailed as one of horror cinemas most significant pioneers and the twentieth century's major masters of the macabre, Argento continues to create inimitable and feverishly violent films with a level of artistry rarely seen in horror films. His high profile and mastery of the genre is confirmed with his role as producer on celebrated classics such as George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead and Lamberto Bava's Demons. His work has influenced the likes of Quentin Tarantino, John Carpenter and Martin Scorsese, to name but a few.

Author : D. Tulla Lightfoot
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476635187

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The Culture and Art of Death in 19th Century America by D. Tulla Lightfoot Pdf

Nineteenth-century Victorian-era mourning rituals--long and elaborate public funerals, the wearing of lavishly somber mourning clothes, and families posing for portraits with deceased loved ones--are often depicted as bizarre or scary. But behind many such customs were rational or spiritual meanings. This book offers an in-depth explanation at how death affected American society and the creative ways in which people responded to it. The author discusses such topics as mediums as performance artists and postmortem painters and photographers, and draws a connection between death and the emergence of three-dimensional media.

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062959157

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The Last Seance by Agatha Christie Pdf

“Reading a perfectly plotted Agatha Christie is like crunching into a perfect apple: that pure, crisp, absolute satisfaction.”—Tana French, New York Times Bestselling Author From the Queen of Suspense, an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including an Agatha Christie story never before published in the USA, The Wife of Kenite! 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 one haunting compendium that explores all things occult and paranormal, and is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.