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Cover the mirrors Cover the mirrors Faye L. Booth It is 1856 and Spiritualism is at the height of its popularity. Molly Pinner has left behind her childhood in the Preston slums and inherited her late aunt Florrie's mantle as Preston's most successf… OL13852746W
In like Flynn In like Flynn Rhys Bowen Private investigator Molly Murphy goes undercover within the household of a senator and his wife, the latter of whom frequently solicits the infamous Sorensen sister spiritualists for information abo… OL14865320W
The séance The séance Iain Lawrence In 1926, magician Harry Houdini arrives in the city to perform magic and to expose fradulent mediums but thirteen-year-old Scooter King, who works for his mother making her seances seem real, needs H… OL14954236W
The spiritualist The spiritualist Megan Chance Sometimes truth is the greatest illusion of all. In a cold January morning in 1856, Evelyn Atherton's husband is found murdered after attending an exclusive seance. Having "married up" into New York … OL15164105W
The Vespertine The Vespertine Saundra Mitchell In 1889, when Amelia van den Broek leaves her brother's strict home for the freedom of a social season with cousins in Baltimore, she is surprised by her strong attraction to an unsuitable man, but m… OL15941378W
The blue book The blue book A.L. Kennedy Elizabeth Barber is crossing the Atlantic by liner with her perfectly adequate boyfriend, Derek, who might be planning to propose. In fleeing the UK - temporarily - Elizabeth may also be in flight fr… OL16345272W
Distant waves Distant waves Suzanne Weyn In the early twentieth century, five sisters and their widowed mother, a famed spiritualist, travel from New York to London, and as the Titanic conveys them and their acquaintances--journalist W.T. S… OL17732313W
Stone Mad Stone Mad Elizabeth Bear "Karen Memory is back with a tale about spiritualists, magicians, con-men, and an angry lost borglum, or tommy-knocker--a magical creature who generally lives in the deep gold mines of Alaska, but ha… OL19369683W
Suddenly supernatural Suddenly supernatural Elizabeth Cody Kimmel School spirit: Like her mother, a professional medium, Kat has been able to see dead people since turning thirteen, and although they would prefer to be normal, Kat and her best friend come to terms … OL19702653W
Above the line Above the line Shirley MacLaine "A funny, fierce, imaginative memoir chronicling New York Times bestselling author and Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine's remarkable experiences filming Wild Oats in the Canary Islands and the e… OL20032540W
Arthur and Sherlock Arthur and Sherlock Michael Sims "As a young medical student, Arthur Conan Doyle studied in Edinburgh under the vigilant eye of a diagnostic genius, Dr. Joseph Bell. Doyle often observed Bell identifying a patient's occupation, home… OL20047397W
From one world to another From one world to another Rita Rogers,Natasha Garnett Rita Rogers is a medium of Romany origin. She inherited her gift, and a 400-year-old crystal ball, from her gypsy grandmother. But as more and more clients come to her from all around the world for r… OL20617181W
After Life After Life Rhian Ellis Evocative, suspenseful, and beautifully written, this debut women's thriller is set in a town called Train Line, in western-most New York, home to a community of mediums and spiritualists. In this en… OL221443W
Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle Don Richard Cox A study of Doyle's life and literary works including the Holmes fiction, historical novels, adventure stories, horror stories, science fiction, scientific monographs, and pamphets. OL2717444W
The words upon the window pane The words upon the window pane William Butler Yeats "The Words Upon the Window Pane, first staged in 1930, is W. B. Yeats's most powerful and brilliant dramatic exploration of the occult, in which he had a lifelong interest, and an affirmation of Angl… OL38674W
No Humans Involved No Humans Involved Kelley Armstrong In her acclaimed Women of the Otherworld series, bestselling author Kelley Armstrong creates a present day in which humans unwittingly coexist with werewolves, witches, and other supernatural beings.… OL5810961W
A Drowned Maiden's Hair A Drowned Maiden's Hair Laura Amy Schlitz Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence. So when the charming Miss Hyacinth chooses her to take home, the girl is pleased but baffled, until she learns of her new role: helping to s… OL5846849W
The girls who talked to ghosts The girls who talked to ghosts I. G. Edmonds A biography, with emphasis on the early years, of the Fox sisters who claimed to communicate with ghosts. Their experiences led to the founding of the Spiritualist movement. OL5899066W
The fortune hunter The fortune hunter Meagan McKinney Lavinia Murphy fled a brutal St. Louis orphanage with four younger "siblings" and learned a spiritualist's ways from the carnies and gypsies she met on the road to New York City. Transformed as the m… OL65715W
A Lost Touch of Bliss A Lost Touch of Bliss Amy Tolnitch Lost Touch (#1) Five years ago, Cain Veuxfort, Earl of Hawksdown, followed duty and broke Amice de Monceaux's heart. But now he needs her. Desperately. For Amice has a very special talent. She is… OL8957201W
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