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A house of ghosts a mystery

Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, armaments manufacturer Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to...

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Main Author: Ryan, William, 1965- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Arcade/CrimeWise, 2019.
Edition: First North American edition.
Subjects:
Murder > Fiction.
Women detectives > England > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction.
Devon (England) > Fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Ghost stories.
Occult fiction.
Spy fiction.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Summary: Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, armaments manufacturer Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons, both of whom died at the front. Among the guests, two have been secretly dispatched from the intelligence service: Kate Cartwright, a friend of the family who lost her beloved brother at the Somme and who, in the realm of the spiritual, has her own special gift; and the mysterious Captain Donovan, recently returned from Europe. Top secret plans for weapons developed by Lord Highmount's company have turned up in Berlin, and there is reason to believe enemy spies will be in attendance. As the guests arrive, it becomes clear that each has something they would rather keep hidden. Then, when a storm descends, they find themselves trapped on the island. Soon one of their number will die. For Blackwater Abbey is haunted in more ways than one.
Item Description: "An Arcade CrimeWise book"--Title page.
"First published in Great Britain by Zaffre, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK"--Title page verso.
Physical Description: 372 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781948924719
1948924714
Author Notes: W. C. Ryan is also known as William Ryan, who has won acclaim for his historical crime novels in the Captain Korolev series. The first book, The Holy Thief , was shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association's New Blood Dagger, a Barry Award, the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award, and the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year. The second, The Bloody Meadow , was shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Novel of the Year, and the third, The Twelfth Department , was also shortlisted for the Ireland AM Crime Novel of the Year as well as the CWA's Historical Fiction Dagger and was a Guardian Crime Novel of the Year. His books have been published in eighteen countries. William lives in London and teaches creative writing at City University.

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