Spirits and smoke /
Miley, Mary,
Spirits and smoke / Mary Miley. - 216 pages ; 23 cm. - A mystic's accomplice mystery ; [book 2] . - Miley, Mary. Maddie Pastore mystery ; 2. .
Book 2 in Maddie Pastore Mystery. -- goodreads.com
"December, 1924. Young widow Maddie Pastore feels fortunate to be employed by the well-meaning but fraudulent medium Carlotta Romany. Investigating Carlotta's clients isn't work she's proud of, but she's proud of how well she does it. Maddie's talents, however, draw them unwelcome attention: sharp-eyed Officer O'Rourke from the Chicago Police. He doesn't believe in spiritualism - but in a city packed with mobsters, con artists and criminals, he'll take any help he can get. It's not long before Maddie has a case to bring him. Why did teetotal banker Herman Quillen die of alcohol poisoning? And who is the gold-toothed man claiming to be his brother, and demanding the spirits reveal where Herman hid his money? All Maddie wants is to uncover the truth - but to her horror, she's soon mixed up in a tangled web of secrets and deception that leads to the heart of Chicago's violent gangs . . . and she'll need all her wits about her if she, and her loved ones, are going to make it out again alive."--Publisher.
9780727850430 0727850431
GBC1C4820 bnb
020279932 Uk
Psychics--Fiction.
Nineteen twenties--Fiction.
Bankers--Crimes against--Fiction.
Gangs--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Spirits and smoke / Mary Miley. - 216 pages ; 23 cm. - A mystic's accomplice mystery ; [book 2] . - Miley, Mary. Maddie Pastore mystery ; 2. .
Book 2 in Maddie Pastore Mystery. -- goodreads.com
"December, 1924. Young widow Maddie Pastore feels fortunate to be employed by the well-meaning but fraudulent medium Carlotta Romany. Investigating Carlotta's clients isn't work she's proud of, but she's proud of how well she does it. Maddie's talents, however, draw them unwelcome attention: sharp-eyed Officer O'Rourke from the Chicago Police. He doesn't believe in spiritualism - but in a city packed with mobsters, con artists and criminals, he'll take any help he can get. It's not long before Maddie has a case to bring him. Why did teetotal banker Herman Quillen die of alcohol poisoning? And who is the gold-toothed man claiming to be his brother, and demanding the spirits reveal where Herman hid his money? All Maddie wants is to uncover the truth - but to her horror, she's soon mixed up in a tangled web of secrets and deception that leads to the heart of Chicago's violent gangs . . . and she'll need all her wits about her if she, and her loved ones, are going to make it out again alive."--Publisher.
9780727850430 0727850431
GBC1C4820 bnb
020279932 Uk
Psychics--Fiction.
Nineteen twenties--Fiction.
Bankers--Crimes against--Fiction.
Gangs--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.