Séances are for suckers

Tamara Berry

Book - 2018

"Ellie has an ailing sister to care for, and working as a ghost hunter who doesn't believe in ghosts helps cover the bills for both of them. When she's lucky, it also pays for the occasional tropical vacation. Her brother doesn't exactly approve, but Ellie figures she's providing a service. On her latest job, though, she may be in for some genuine scares. The skeptical, reserved, and very rich Nicholas Hartford III has flown her all the way to his family's ancestral estate in England -- supposedly haunted by a phantom named Xavier. Nicholas thinks it's all just as much a crock as Ellie's business is, but the fact remains that something is causing the flashes of light, mysterious accidents, and other a...pparent pranks in the chilly, eerie castle. His mother is sure that Xavier is real, and he's willing to employ Ellie if she can get to the bottom of it and put a stop to the nonsense. While the food and accommodations are somewhat disappointing (dorm-room furniture? Really?), Ellis is finding it an adventure to get to know this eccentric family and their house guests, and to poke around in the nearby village for clues. But when an actual dead body appears -- and subsequently disappears -- at Castle Hartford, she'll have to apply her talent for trickery and psychological insight to solve a flesh-and-blood murder."--

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Genres
Detective and mystery fiction
Published
New York, NY : Kensington Books 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Tamara Berry (editor)
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition
Physical Description
296 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781496719621
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Eleanor Wilde, the narrator of this outstanding series launch from Berry (Stealing Mr. Right as Tamara Morgan), makes a decent living as a fake medium, because she's good at reading people. Her earnings help to support her catatonic sister, Winnie, at Happy Acres Sanctuary in Upstate New York, where Nicholas Hartford III, a wealthy Englishman, tracks her down. Nicholas, who shares Ellie's skepticism, wants her to come to his ancestral estate in Sussex, to disabuse his mother of the mistaken notion that the place is haunted by a ghost named Xavier. Since the price is right, Ellie agrees. On arrival at Castle Hartford, Ellie is greeted by Rachel Hartford, Nicholas's niece, who she later discovers is at least partly responsible for Xavier's antics. The stakes rise when Ellie literally stumbles on a body on a hidden staircase inside the castle. Guided by Winnie's voice, Ellie investigates a murder that relates to a family tragedy. Berry mixes a cunning whodunit with sly humor in what promises to be a winning paranormal cozy series. Agent: Courtney Miller-Callihan, Handspun Literary. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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