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description: Ella M. Scrymsour-Nichol born Ella Mary Campbell Robertson was a British actress and writer. As an actress under the name of Joan Thorpe-Mayne she travelled internationally with the Warwick Comedy Company. As a writer she authored stories that take place in her native England and in places she visited as an actress. As an independent sometimes impetuous young woman Shiela Crerar is a precursor of many modern heroines. Shiela is the niece of a poor Scottish landowner and when her uncle dies lacking other employment options she creates a profession for herself using her gift of psychic sight her knowledge of Scottish traditions and folklore and her courage determination and smarts. Armed with all she wanders into the adventures with the supernatural collected in this eBook which originally appeared monthly in The Blue Magazine between May and October of 1920.
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title: Shiela Crerar, Psychic Detective: Stories from "The Blue Magazine"
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