Murder at an English Séance

De: Jessica Ellicott

Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat

Duración: 9 h y 30 m

Resumen del Editor

In post–World War I England, foul play at a suspicious séance provokes the delightfully mismatched sleuthing duo of American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and prim Brit Edwina Davenport to dig up some dirt …

Hidden beneath her British reserve, Edwina has a secret: she’s finished her novel and is bravely mailing the manuscript to a publisher. Beryl also has a secret: as thanks for solving a case, the American adventuress has been gifted an airplane.

After swooping over the fields and hedgerows of Walmsley Parva, livestock scattering beneath her, she flamboyantly lands the plane on the village green, prompting a startled Edwina to consider a stiff gin fizz.

Beryl’s aircraft is not the only disruption of village peace. Miss Dinsdale, a psychic medium, has started holding séances. After the church organist resigns to serve as musical accompaniment for the séances, the vicar’s wife hires the enquiry agents to expose the medium as a charlatan. Beryl is confident she can spot the fraud, having learned from Harry Houdini himself some tricks of the trade. The dubious Miss Dinsdale claims her spirit guide is an Egyptian princess whose mummy resides in a sarcophagus in the room. But the only body in the sarcophagus belongs to a murdered villager impaled with a dagger.

As the sleuths begin to investigate, Beryl discovers her plane has been sabotaged and wonders if there’s a connection. Whether in the air or on terra firma, Beryl and Edwina must go round a circle of suspects to divine the culprit …

©2024 Jessie Crockett (P)2024 Recorded Books

Strong Women!

I love this series and have read all of them now, this was one of my favorites. Jessica creates stories that make you feel like you are there, back in tine, providing historical references, creates a great pair of female sleuths and creates the perfect setting for mystery. Barbara, as the actor, brings these characters to life and they become almost real . Thank you both!!

Best of the series

I thought this book was the best one in the Beryl and Edwina series. I couldn’t stop listening.

Much better than prior books

I’ve always enjoyed beryl and Edwina and the last book and this book seem to have them back on track.

Complementary characters and roles

Another in a delightful series that continues to engage the listener with its cast of characters.

Always good

I love this series. Each book is better than the last. I need more Beryl and Edwina in my life. I also love the narrator.

Best one yet!

I have read this whole series and love them all! This was the best one yet! Keep it up!!

Outstanding character development!!

I was jubilant when I finished this book! It had such a great, cheer-out-loud finish , (no spoilers, don't worry), that I actually did a "yes!!!" out loud. My 2 kittens seemed pretty impressed.

What I truly admired in this book is how well Ms. Ellicott handles the rates of speed at which each character changes and grows. Beryl feels change as a road to somewhere exciting. If
it's not exciting, then somewhere that's really different! Edwina had some marvelous epiphanies and Beryl had
some as well.

Can't wait for the next one!!!

Another great book in the series

It was hard to put down ,I have loved the whole series and this book was the best so far ,hope there will be more to come.

I just love these books!

These books are so much fun. Smart, independent women, good stories, And Barbara Rosenblat is the best!

Another excellent adventure with Beryl and Edwina!

Barbara Rosenblatt is fantastic! I enjoy her narration of this series so much!
This book series is just delightful! Highly recommend!