Author: Peter Lovesey
Year: 1975
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Mystery, Historical fiction, Fiction
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9780140043334
9781569475973
0140043330
1569475970 |
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The spiritualist movement has captivated a segment of society: manifestations, the occult, and "sensitives" are in vogue. But the seance sites seem to be targeted for burglaries. Then, while Cribb is on the case, someone murders the medium.
There was a great vogue for table-turning and getting in touch with the dead in Victorian times and this lent itself to fraud, at the very least. It seemed inevitable that Cribb and Thackeray should take part in a seance at some stage. They come to it indirectly, following an art theft. The owner, Dr Probert, has also been dabbling in the occult. When murder is done, the two detectives find themselves rubbing shoulder with some eccentric suspects, and a rather convincing medium.
This book is part of the "Sergeant Cribb" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Waxwork"
First published in 1978
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 | "The Tick of Death"
First published in 1974
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 | "Mad Hatter's Holiday"
First published in 1973
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 | "Abracadaver"
First published in 1972
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 | "Wobble to Death"
First published in 1970
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