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Velvet

In Victorian London, orphaned Velvet leaves her backbreaking job in a steam laundry for the mysterious and exciting world of famed spiritualist Madame Savoya, who harbors dangerous secrets.

Picture the dead

A young woman communicates with her brother who died in 1864 in order to find out what happened to her fiance, Will, whom the army said died in battle; and with the help of a spiritualist photographer and the spirit of Will, she attempts to piece together the mystery of what happened.

The accidental afterlife of Thomas Marsden

At age twelve, grave robber Thomas Marsden discovers a boy who looks just like him in an unmarked grave and begins a journey of discovery as he learns of faeries trapped in London and their hope that he can return them to their realm.

The witch of Lime Street

s?ance, seduction, and Houdini in the spirit world
2015
"History comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal"--Dust jacket.

No humans involved

2007
Jaime, who has the supernatural ability to see and hear the dead, is on a television shoot in Los Angeles when strange things start to happen, and when she sets out to get to the bottom of the mystery, she does not realize the frightening places her investigation will lead her and must rely on help from the Otherworld to survive, including protection from the alpha werewolf, Jeremy.

Rochester knockings

a novel of the Fox sisters
Living in a reputedly haunted house outside of Rochester, NY, the Fox sisters one day communicated with the spirit of a murder victim. This event led to the rise of the Spiritualism Movement which found the Fox sisters performing seances in front of hundreds. A historical fiction novel based on the rise and fall of the most famous mediums of the nineteenth century.

A stir of echoes

2004
When a chance event awakens psychic abilities in Tom Wallace, he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave.

The accidental afterlife of Thomas Marsden

2015
At age twelve, grave robber Thomas Marsden discovers a boy who looks just like him in an unmarked grave and begins a journey of discovery as he learns of faeries trapped in London and their hope that he can return them to their realm.

Talking to the dead

Kate and Maggie Fox and the rise of spiritualism
2005
Examines the lives and works of Kate and Maggie Fox, two women who became famous for their ability to communicate with spirits and who are generally credited with giving rise to the popularity of modern spirituality.

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