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The White Crow
Cynthia Peale
其他書名
A Beacon Hill Mystery
出版Random House Publishing Group, 2009-10-28
主題Fiction / Thrillers / HistoricalFiction / Mystery & Detective / HistoricalFiction / Historical / General
ISBN03074166909780307416698
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=T7Rhqz6ZSWQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋When the lights come on after a séance in the parlor of Victorian Boston’s most celebrated spiritualist, a pillar of the community lies dead. The world of restless and vengeful spirits has invaded Beacon Hill--while Caroline Ames, seated next to the victim, may hold the key to an all-too-real crime.

From the mysterious device called the telephone to the new electric conveyances that cross the Charles, a tide of change is rising around Caroline, her brother, Addington, and their boarder, Dr. MacKenzie. For Caroline, it has been a time to face her loneliness--and the growing affection she feels for Dr. MacKenzie. For Addington, it is a time marked by the fierce, ineffable pull of a beautiful but dangerous woman. Now they find themselves in the center of a maelstrom, at the heart of a case of multiple murder. And while a killer has already claimed two victims, a clairvoyant has revealed the third: “Ames next . . .”