Spirits Revived (Daisy Gumm Majesty)
Daisy Gumm Majesty talks to ghosts for a living, but for the first time in her career as a spiritualist, the ghosts are talking back. Up until now Daisy always pretended that she was talking to a client’s departed loved one. As far as Daisy is concerned, it didn’t hurt anyone, and it actually helped many of her clients achieve some peace. But when Daisy holds a séance at the home of her client, Mrs. Pinkerton, for her friend, Mrs. Hastings, she is shocked when she suddenly finds herself channeling Eddie Hastings. What is even more unnerving is that Eddie insists he didn’t commit suicide but was murdered. Pressed by the distraught mother into looking into Eddie’s death, Daisy finds herself searching for an elusive killer while hoping that her friend, Pasadena police detective Sam Rotondo, doesn’t find out she is playing amateur sleuth again. Seasoned with plenty of intriguing period details and graced with an engaging cast of characters, Duncan’s latest gently humorous Daisy Gumm Majesty caper appeals to historical mystery and historical fiction fans. --John Charles