From the library
“The London Séance Society” By Sarah Penner In the highly anticipated novel from the author of The Lost Apothecary, Lenna Wickes is searching for answers. Less than a year prior in London 1872, her beloved sister Evie Wickes was found dead in their home garden. Evie had been a devoted student of the world-famous spiri- tualist Vauldeline D’Allaire and was obsessed with life after death. Her passion and mys terious murder has Lenna going against her belief in the hard sci ences to seek out Miss D’Allaire in Paris. In Paris, they decide that Lenna will learn how to perform a séance and go back to London alone to con jure Evie and ask her who murderer is. However, their plan goes awry when they learn that the leader of the London Séance Society died the same night as Evie. Contracted by the Mr. Morbly to solve his murder, the two women start unravelling the plot of both of their murders and the deceptions of the society. Although, they are unprepared for what they find.
The plot of this book is a mixture of the supernatu-ral, mystery, thriller and romance. The dual pointof-views of Lenna Wickes and Mr. Morbly deepen the story and keeps the reader wanting more. This book can be found in the library and on Hoopla.
“Wrong Place, Wrong Time” By Gillian McAllister Jen Brotherhood has just witnessed her 18-year-old son, Todd, murder a man on the street in front of their house.
She knows that she and her husband, Kelly, will have to go see a criminal attorney in the morning. But when morning comes, it’s yesterday. And then the day before that, and before that.
Jen supposes she is stuck in a time loop so that she can figure out why Todd killed the man.
She hopes that when she fig-ures it out, she can stop it from happening and then time will resume as normal. The more days she relives, the more secrets she discovers, and also the more questions she has. Finally, Jen must wonder if the purpose for her being stuck in a time loop is to stop Todd, or for some other reason. She has to find out before she goes back in time too far.
