'My favourite detective double-act' Emma Styles, author of No Country For Girls

'Wonderful. A supremely atmospheric historical mystery, both haunting and relentlessly entertaining' Tom Mead, author of Death and the Conjuror

'An excellent addition to the Variety Palace Mysteries' Sheila O'Flanagan, author of What Eden Did Next

Tragedy strikes Minnie Ward's beloved Variety Palace Theatre when a man is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Along with private detective Albert Easterbrook, she investigates. The trail leads them from the streets of London to a grand country house in the Suffolk countryside, home of the shadowy Spirit Sisterhood, who promise their clients an audience with the deceased.

Minnie isn't buying it. She goes undercover within the Sisterhood and enters an eerie world of seances and mediums. But unravelling their secrets will bring Minnie face-to-face with ghosts from her own past. Can she get to the truth before the murderer kills again?

"- - PRAISE FOR THE VARIETY PALACE MYSTERIES" - -

"Walsh does a splendid job depicting Minnie's flea-bitten yet appealing theatrical world and Albert's monied yet treacherous milieu" - Wall Street Journal

"Neatly weds historical detail and quiet wit" - Sunday Times

"Triumphant . . . Walsh once again seamlessly combines vivid period detail, clever plotting, and thoughtful characterizations. This series merits a long run" - Publishers Weekly

"Bridget Walsh is a fresh and fabulous new voice in historical crime fiction" - Elizabeth Chadwick, author of 'The King’s Jewel'