The Crooked Medium's Guide to Terror: A Spooky Victorian Mystery

True terror is a murderer you can’t stop.

London 1882. A carpenter is killed by a train - an eerie, brutal crime. Flamboyant spiritualist medium Mrs Ashton and her sapphic partner Braddie seek justice for the widow.

A charismatic rival medium takes London by storm. Dock-lass Maisie sees her frightening prophesy of vengeance. A noble family is devastated, but worse is to come.

Outgunned and bewildered, the three confront a deadly conspiracy. They risk losing everything.

A reckoning from beyond the grave.

I love these characters. I love this story. A genuinely gripping read from the first page to the last. It is properly scary and sinister, with a palpable sense of jeopardy, but it’s also a tale of friendship and love.

Caroline Day, Sunday Times bestselling author of Hope Nicely’s Lessons for Life.

Warm, and witty, The Crooked Medium series wins praise for its lively, memorable and entertaining characters; immersive and well researched Victorian settings; and above all, unexpected and twisty plots. The books look at shades of grey and difficult choices.

Three outsider women encounter victims, clients, suspects, and villains across the social spectrum. They have a complicated relationship with the law, but they won’t tolerate murder.

In a world largely like ours, this 1880’s sees Spiritualism on the rise and so too the hostility towards it. Many don’t see what is in the shadows…

Each book in the series has a standalone mystery to be solved. The second book does not ‘spoil’ the mystery of the first book. However, it is probably better to read the first book first.

Stephen Cox has done it again. An absolute page turner. Lovers of crime, suspense and fantasy will find them masterfully woven together in a historically accurate Victorian setting. Mrs Ashton and friends try to uncover the truth behind murders and other dastardly deeds...

Oliver Dowson, author, The Repurposed Spy series

Mrs Ashton - once a manipulative trickster – is now a woman on a mission, who truly sees the dead and tries to right wrongs. Readers who enjoy crime novels and tales of the supernatural will love this book, full of atmosphere and sense of time and place.

Sue Tingey, author The Soulseer Chronicles

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