Murder at an English Séance

De: Jessica Ellicott

Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat

In post–World War I England, foul play at a suspicious séance provokes the delightfully mismatched sleuthing duo of American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim Brit Edwina Davenport to dig up some dirt …

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 …

©2024 Jessie Crockett (P)2024 Recorded Books

I'm a Fan

What things people believe. Edwina and friend take on the hoax of a seance and the characters promoting it. Cute cozy mystery.

excellent!

wonderful story, lots of twists and turns a few delightly predictable and many out of the blue. highly recommend it

Best of the series

I thought this book was the best one in the Beryl and Edwina series. I couldn’t stop listening.

Love it!

I thoroughly enjoyed both the writing and the reading, as per usual. I cannot wait for the next book!

another great book in the series

Fun addition to the series - with the established characters now tasked with unmasking deceptive practices on the part of a medium and her brother. A murder increases the stakes. Recmmended!

Love this series.

This series is one of my favorites and I can’t wait for the next one. The women are marvelous and have become almost friends of mine. I love Simpkins, who is always surprising. The mystery is solid and satisfying. The narrator is one of my favorites. Good book.

Another winner

Jessica Ellicott’s stories about Edwina and Beryl are lovely diversions AND they feature personal growth in the characters. That’s a feature sorely lacking in most series. If a character is foolish in book 1, most likely they are foolish in book 10. These characters remain true to who they are while evolving into better forms of themselves.

My only complaint is about the frequency with which the author mentions the dearth of men in England following the war. I stopped counting after 3. Almost an entire generation of men in were wiped out in WWI and another generation in WWII, so yes, not enough husbands for the women left behind, a recurring issue in this book. However, perhaps a slightly longer discussion about the impact of the war and the scarcity of young men earlier in the book would have precluded the need to remark on how women ended up as spinsters.

Pleasant Mystery

The story is pleasant to listen to although a little dull and not much excitement. The aftermath of World War 1 is always an intriguing setting

love the reader💕

MORE PLEASE!
Jessica knows how to weave an intrical and delightful yarn. We need more to be made available on Audible. Truly delightful mysteries and adventures which are authentically researched!
Thank you!

It flowed so well

Couldn’t stop the player, it was awesome hope we get more. The twist and turns were masterfully executed.