The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror

True terror is a murderer you can’t stop.

London 1882. A carpenter is killed by a train - an eerie, brutal crime. Flamboyant spiritualist medium Mrs Ashton and her sapphic partner Braddie seek justice for the widow.

A charismatic rival medium takes London by storm. Dock-lass Maisie sees her frightening prophesy of vengeance. A noble family is devastated, but worse is to come.

Outgunned and bewildered, the three confront a deadly conspiracy. They risk losing everything.

A reckoning from beyond the grave.

Warm, and witty, The Crooked Medium series wins praise for its lively, memorable and entertaining characters; immersive and well researched Victorian settings; and above all, unexpected and twisty plots. The books look at shades of grey and difficult choices.

Three outsider women encounter victims, clients, suspects, and villains across the social spectrum. They have a complicated relationship with the law, but they won’t tolerate murder.

In a world largely like ours, this 1880’s sees Spiritualism on the rise and so to the hostility towards it. Many don’t see what is in the shadows…

Each book in the series has a standalone mystery to be solved. The second book does not ‘spoil’ the mystery of the first book. However, to follow the main characters’ development, it might be better to read the first book first.