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

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!

Wonderful writing 😊

I loved each of these books, the characters are well written, and the stories are quite entertaining. I just finished the last one and I’m excited that there will be another installment.

It flowed so well

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