London 1881. Can two
crooked women stop a murder?
Extravagant medium Mrs Ashton and her lover,
blunt working-class Mrs Bradshaw, run a spiritualist scam. Mrs Ashton secretly
reads minds.
Believing that Mrs Ashton is genuine,
grieving Lady Violet craves the truth behind her mother’s untimely death. But
Lady Violet’s powerful husband Sir Charles hates spiritualists. Has he killed
before?
Uncovering this MP’s wicked crimes will put
all three women in terrible danger…
To solve a shocking
murder, look on both sides of the grave.
"An astonishing feat of twisting plots and perceptions"
“It's deliciously twisty, with women who won't be told, a young bride
in peril, and the delicate art of a con.”
“A book I've been looking for all my life. Queer found family all
wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery. Absolute perfection.”
“a brilliant, gripping story. .. if you're looking for a great new book
to read, I encourage you to check it out.”
"...an actually intriguing mystery.”
“with a new murder thrown in and a couple of pre-existing ones
uncovered, we get an astonishing story of redemption with well-plotted but
never signposted twists and turns thrown in at every stage.”
“…a murder mystery with a supernatural spin. … the premise and plot
were great. The story is very atmospheric with a very nasty aristocrat villain.
..an entertaining read..."
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Stephen Cox is a writer living in London.
He’d read every Holmes, Christie, and Sayers before he was 21 and did Holmes
fanfic in school. He has also read the Moonstone six times. With a science
degree he has always been a fan of history and the imagination.
The Crooked Medium’s Guide to Murder
contains the strong characterisation, women protagonists, authentic period
setting, and wide roaming imagination of his other works.
He says ‘It’s a rip-roaring twisty story,
with relationships under stress and surprising readers at every turn.”
His first two novels, Our Child of the Stars
and Our Child of Two Worlds were called “heartfelt, imaginative and gripping”,
with wide praise in the national press.
Stephen says ‘I wanted female rogues as my
leads – people who lead a crooked life, who need to keep secrets, yet can be
kind and generous too. This is a rigorous detective story with a client in
trouble and old crimes to be solved. It has everything – a brutal man, a Lady
in danger, and the past and present feeding the action. Can these outsiders
possibly win? Queer women certainly existed and made lives together in
Victorian England, as those with eyes to see can see,’
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