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Deadly drinks, vicious gangsters, missing money . . . Reluctant sleuth Maddie Pastore is back with a bang, in the second Mystics Accomplice historical mystery set in 1920s Chicago."Mileys 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 wellmeaning but fraudulent medium Carlotta Romany. Investigating Carlottas clients isnt work shes proud of, but shes proud of how well she does it. Maddies talents, however, draw them unwelcome attention sharpeyed Officer ORourke from the Chicago Police. He doesnt believe in spiritualism but in a city packed with mobsters, con artists and criminals, hell take any help he can get. Its not long before Maddie has a case to bring him. Why did teetotal banker Herman Quillen die of alcohol poisoning? And who is the goldtoothed 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, shes soon mixed up in a tangled web of secrets and deception that leads to the heart of Chicagos violent gangs . . . and shell 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 Mystics Accomplice, is an ideal pick for readers who enjoy Jazz Age mysteries with feisty female...
Binding: Hardback;224 pages; Publisher: Canongate Books; Classification: FFH; Weight: 532 g; Dimensions: 146 x 230 x 27
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Deadly drinks, vicious gangsters, missing money . . . Reluctant sleuth Maddie Pastore is back with a bang, in the second Mystics Accomplice historical mystery set in 1920s Chicago."Mileys 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 wellmeaning but fraudulent medium Carlotta Romany. Investigating Carlottas clients isnt work shes proud of, but shes proud of how well she does it. Maddies talents, however, draw them unwelcome attention sharpeyed Officer ORourke from the Chicago Police. He doesnt believe in spiritualism but in a city packed with mobsters, con artists and criminals, hell take any help he can get. Its not long before Maddie has a case to bring him. Why did teetotal banker Herman Quillen die of alcohol poisoning? And who is the goldtoothed 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, shes soon mixed up in a tangled web of secrets and deception that leads to the heart of Chicagos violent gangs . . . and shell 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 Mystics Accomplice, is an ideal pick for readers who enjoy Jazz Age mysteries with feisty female...
Binding: Hardback;224 pages; Publisher: Canongate Books; Classification: FFH; Weight: 532 g; Dimensions: 146 x 230 x 27
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Mary Miley
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