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Murder at an English Séance

By: Jessica Ellicott
Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
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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
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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 Jessica creates stories that make you feel like you are there, back in tine, providing historical references, creates a great pair of female sleuths and creates the perfect setting for mystery.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!!

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Best of the series

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

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Love it!

I thoroughly enjoyed both the writing and the reading, as per usual. I cannot wait for the next book!

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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.

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Best one yet!

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

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Another wonderful story

Compelling read. Excellent character development. Life lessons. Highly recommend this author and series. I always look forward to it.

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Love this series

I just loved this series! I can't wait for the next book. Beryl and Edwina are divine. Finding their strengths taking on new adventures and getting out from under the societal expectations of the time is a tale for us all. You never know what you can do until you leave fear behind.

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Love this series.

This series is one of my favorites and I can’t wait for the next one. The women are marvelous and have become almost friends of mine. I love Simpkins, who is always surprising. The mystery is solid and satisfying. The narrator is one of my favorites. Good book.

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Another winner

Jessica Ellicott’s stories about Edwina and Beryl are lovely diversions AND they feature personal growth in the characters. That’s a feature sorely lacking in most series. If a character is foolish in book 1, most likely they are foolish in book 10. These characters remain true to who they are while evolving into better forms of themselves.

My only complaint is about the frequency with which the author mentions the dearth of men in England following the war. I stopped counting after 3. Almost an entire generation of men in were wiped out in WWI and another generation in WWII, so yes, not enough husbands for the women left behind, a recurring issue in this book. However, perhaps a slightly longer discussion about the impact of the war and the scarcity of young men earlier in the book would have precluded the need to remark on how women ended up as spinsters.

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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.

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