Deadly spirits /
Miley, Mary,
Deadly spirits / Mary Miley. - First world edition. - 219 pages ; 23 cm - The mystic's accomplice mysteries .
"Summer, 1924. Young widow Maddie Pastore has been working for fraudulent spiritual medium Madame Carlotta for nearly a year - if 'work' you could call it. Investigating Carlotta's clients, and attending seances as her shill, keeps Maddie and her young son Tommy fed and clothed, and she's grown to love the kind, well-meaning spiritualist like family. Still, Maddie - estranged from her abusive parents for over a decade - can't help but wonder what fates befell her brothers and sisters. So when she lucks into two free tickets to a glamorous Chicago speakeasy and recognizes the star performer as her pretty little sister Sophie, she's beyond delighted. But before Maddie can meet with Sophie again, the telephone rings. It's Sophie's husband, calling in a panic to tell her that his wife is locked in the Cook County jail, charged with first-degree murder . . ."--
9781448306848 1448306841
oc2022001811
Widows--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Psychics--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Deadly spirits / Mary Miley. - First world edition. - 219 pages ; 23 cm - The mystic's accomplice mysteries .
"Summer, 1924. Young widow Maddie Pastore has been working for fraudulent spiritual medium Madame Carlotta for nearly a year - if 'work' you could call it. Investigating Carlotta's clients, and attending seances as her shill, keeps Maddie and her young son Tommy fed and clothed, and she's grown to love the kind, well-meaning spiritualist like family. Still, Maddie - estranged from her abusive parents for over a decade - can't help but wonder what fates befell her brothers and sisters. So when she lucks into two free tickets to a glamorous Chicago speakeasy and recognizes the star performer as her pretty little sister Sophie, she's beyond delighted. But before Maddie can meet with Sophie again, the telephone rings. It's Sophie's husband, calling in a panic to tell her that his wife is locked in the Cook County jail, charged with first-degree murder . . ."--
9781448306848 1448306841
oc2022001811
Widows--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Psychics--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.