Mr Scarletti's ghost
By: Linda Stratmann
Series: A Mina Scarletti mystery
Publisher: The Mystery Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780750960502; 9780750965750
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Fiction; Mediums; Fraud; Psychics; History
Description: "In 19th century Brighton, England spirit mediums are all the fashion--especially Miss Eustace, a psychic who claims to produce apparitions of the dead, and oleaginous Mr. Bradley, a self-proclaimed spirit healer. Diminutive Mina Scarletti, a writer of horror stories, is sure that her widowed mother and friends are in the hands of cheats and extortionists, so she enlists the help of Daniel Hamid, an Anglo-Indian doctor, her charming but disreputable brother, Richard, and Richard's mistress, Nellie, to expose the frauds. But the scheming criminals have spread their nets wide, and dramatic séances easily convince and captivate the vulnerable, including Daniel's disabled sister Eliza. When Mina's determined campaign backfires, she only succeeds in adding to Miss Eustace's fame. With chaos reigning in the Scarletti house, Mina and Richard must turn to desperate methods to outwit the illusionists and reveal the truth." --