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Spirits and Smoke - Mary Miley

Spirits and Smoke

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Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2021 | Main
Severn House (Verlag)
978-0-7278-5043-0 (ISBN)
CHF 39,90 inkl. MwSt
December 1924. Young widow Maddie Pastore feels fortunate to be employed by well-meaning fake medium Carlotta Romany. It's not work she's proud of, but she's proud of how well she does it. But when her investigations into a new client get her mixed up with Chicago's violent gangs, she'll need all her wits about her if she's to make it out alive.
Deadly drinks, vicious gangsters, missing money . . . Reluctant sleuth Maddie Pastore is back with a bang, in the second Mystic's Accomplice historical mystery set in 1920s Chicago.

"Miley's storytelling skills do justice to her clever, gutsy, and endearing protagonist. This is a real treat for readers who love stories set in the Roaring '20s"- Publishers Weekly Starred Review

December, 1924. Young widow Maddie Pastore feels fortunate to be employed by the well-meaning but fraudulent medium Carlotta Romany. Investigating Carlotta's clients isn't work she's proud of, but she's proud of how well she does it.

Maddie's talents, however, draw them unwelcome attention: sharp-eyed Officer O'Rourke from the Chicago Police. He doesn't believe in spiritualism - but in a city packed with mobsters, con artists and criminals, he'll take any help he can get.

It's not long before Maddie has a case to bring him. Why did teetotal banker Herman Quillen die of alcohol poisoning? And who is the gold-toothed man claiming to be his brother, and demanding the spirits reveal where Herman hid his money?

All Maddie wants is to uncover the truth - but to her horror, she's soon mixed up in a tangled web of secrets and deception that leads to the heart of Chicago's violent gangs . . . and she'll need all her wits about her if she, and her loved ones, are going to make it out again alive.

Spirits and Smoke, the sequel to The Mystic's Accomplice, is an ideal pick for readers who enjoy Jazz Age mysteries with feisty female sleuths, sparkling historical detail and Prohibition high-jinks.

Mary Miley grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Virginia, and worked her way through the College of William and Mary in Virginia as a costumed tour guide at Colonial Williamsburg. As Mary Miley Theobald, she has published numerous nonfiction books and articles on history, travel and business topics. As Mary Miley, she is the award-winning author of the Roaring Twenties mysteries and the new Mystic's Accomplice mysteries series.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie A Mystic's Accomplice mystery
Verlagsort Edinburgh
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 225 mm
Gewicht 405 g
Themenwelt Literatur Krimi / Thriller / Horror Historische Kriminalromane
ISBN-10 0-7278-5043-1 / 0727850431
ISBN-13 978-0-7278-5043-0 / 9780727850430
Zustand Neuware
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