6/12/2023 0 Comments Things Half in Shadow by Alan FinnTheir first stop is to the biggest, most well known medium in the city, a Mrs. As Lucy points out, if she exposes him, every medium in the city will know who he is and bar him from the premises. Edward, a newly engaged man (to the lovely and eminently respectable Violet Willoughby), doesn’t want to upset the apple cart and agrees to go along with her plan. He threatens to expose her, and she threatens to expose him if he doesn’t help her to de-bunk the other mediums in the city, leaving her the only one standing. He’s on to her tricks and spots almost all of them. The first séance Edward attends is presided over by one Lucy Collins, and unfortunately for Lucy, Edward grew up in a family of magicians. Set in post-Civil War Philadelphia, the central character, Edward Clark, is a newspaper reporter and Civil War veteran who is assigned the task of de-bunking the city’s many mediums.ĭuring any post-war period, mediums always pop up, as bereaved family members hope to reconnect with the dead. Clocking in at over 400 pages, this book is chock full of rich narrative, coincidence, vivid setting, intriguing characters, and ghosts. Really, this book is a lot of bank for your buck.
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