Summary
Sarah Penner: The London Spiritist Society
One of the most anticipated novels as voted by: Good Housekeeping, Washington Post, BookPage, CrimeReads, Reader's Digest, PopSugar, LitHub, E! News, Goodreads
A hypnotic story about two brave women who search for the truth and use the dangerous art of occult summoning of the dead. In an abandoned castle on the outskirts of Paris in 1873, the famous spiritualist Vaudlin d'Allaire prepares a dark séance. World famous for her gift of summoning the spirits of murder victims to reveal the identity of their killers, Waudlin is in high demand among widows and investigators.
Lena Weeks comes to Paris in search of answers about her sister's death, but to find them, she must face the unknown and overcome her own skepticism about the occult. When Waudlin is called to England to solve a murder mystery of great importance, Lena accompanies her as her apprentice. United by the same goal, they find comfort in each other as their closeness transcends the boundaries of friendship. But as they work with powerful members of the exclusive London Spiritualist Society, they will suspect that they are not only investigating the crime, but perhaps part of it...
Written with intoxicating tension and a seductive style, London Spiritualist Society is a hypnotic story that blurs the line between truth and illusion and reveals the risks women are willing to take to avenge the ones they love.
"Sarah Penner has created another spellbinding gothic novel. Fans of the genre will love it."
– Publishers Weekly
"The perfect, tense, mystical atmosphere of nineteenth-century European foggy nights with a touch of the supernatural."
- Booklist
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