A Deadly Invitation (Electra Poole Mysteries, #2)

A country escape turns into a deadly trap when Electra Poole is accused of murder.

When an old friend, Lady Alice Kirkham, invites Electra to her family's country estate, she welcomes the chance to escape London’s bustle and the persona she's carefully cultivated as a medium to the upper crust. Alice knew Electra before she made a living from séances, and a visit to Oxfordshire offers a rare chance to step away from it all.

But when a young man vanishes, Alice becomes the prime suspect, and Electra’s attempts to help only pull her deeper into the scandal. Then a body is discovered, and she realizes someone is orchestrating a deadly game.

With her reputation crumbling and the authorities closing in, Electra turns to the one man she swore never to trust with her secrets—Detective Inspector Gideon Pierce. Though they always clash, he believes in her innocence. But as they unravel a tangled web of deception, one thing becomes the real killer isn’t just covering their tracks, they’re setting Electra up to take the fall.