The first historical mystery in Mary Mileys 1920s Chicagoset series introduces reluctant sleuth Maddie Pastore and takes readers into a dark and dangerous world of mobsters, speakeasies and seances.Its 1924, and Maddie Pastore has it made. A nice house, a loving husband with a steady job even if it is connected to Chicagos violent TorrioCapone gang and a baby on the way. But then Tommy is shot dead, and she learns her husband had a secret that turns her life upside down.Penniless and grieving, Maddie is sure of only two things that she will survive for the sake of her baby, and that shell never turn to the mob for help. So when shes invited to assist a wellmeaning but fraudulent medium, she seizes the chance. Shes not proud of her work investigating Madam Carlottas clients, but shes proud of how well she does it.When Maddie unearths potential evidence of a dark crime, however, she faces a terrible dilemma keep quiet and let a murderer go unpunished, or follow the trail and put herself and her baby in mortal danger . . .With its Prohibitionera setting, lively characters and enthralling historical detail, The Mystics Accomplice is an ideal pick for readers who enjoy 1920sset mysteries.

Binding: Hardback;224 pages; Publisher: Canongate Books; Classification: FFH; Weight: 532 g; Dimensions: 261 x 258 x 38

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