Option 2: The Bundle Option ($36 + tax) (Book plus 2 tickets) Option 1: Pre-order The London Séance Society ($28.99 + tax) (Book plus 1 ticket) Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome local, bestselling author Sarah Penner to the bookstore for a celebration of the highly anticipated release of her sophomore novel, The London Séance Society!īeing called "spooky and sexy, sly and subversive"(Natalie Jenner, internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society), The London Séance Society takes readers through the twist and turns of 1800s Paris and London spirtualist where murder, love, and the unknown collide! Petersburg, Florida.From the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about truth, illusion and the grave risks women will take to avenge the ones they love. Sarah Penner works in finance and is the author of The Lost Apothecary and The London Séance Society. But as the women team up with the powerful men of London’s exclusive Séance Society to solve the mystery, they begin to suspect that they are not merely out to solve a crime, but perhaps entangled in one themselves… When Vaudeline is beckoned to England to solve a high-profile murder, Lenna accompanies her as an understudy. Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister’s death, but to do so, she must embrace the unknown and overcome her own logic-driven bias against the occult.
Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. May mercy be upon the man who finds himself the enemy of a vengeful medium…ġ873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Although I enjoyed Lenna’s blend of skepticism and desire to believe, I thought Vaudeline was an underdeveloped empty shell and the alternating chapters from Morley’s point of view were grating. Although the narrative finally picked up a bit in the middle, I found I didn’t really care too much about any of the characters. The beginning was terribly slow, with mind-numbingly boring descriptions of Victorian England spiritualism.
I really wanted to like Sarah Penner’s latest after loving The Lost Apothecary, but I just could not get into it. When the pair travel to London to help solve a high-profile murder, they suspect they are being used by the killers. Although skeptical, Lenna Wickes has come to Vaudeline for answers to her sister’s death and agrees to become her assistant. In 1873, spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire has made quite the reputation for herself in Paris for conjuring the spirits of murder victims and revealing their killers. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. I received a complimentary copy of this book from Park Row through NetGalley.
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