The Conjurer
by Cordelia Frances Biddle
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Pub Date Jun 17 2014 | Archive Date Jul 23 2014
Open Road Integrated Media | Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Description
When her father fails to appear for lunch at their country estate, Martha Beale knows something is wrong. The family’s faithful dogs discover Lemuel Beale’s hunting rifle by the river, but there is no sign of the millionaire financier. Refusing to believe he is dead, his daughter—and sole heir—begins a discreet investigation with the help of the mayor’s aide, Thomas Kelman.
But Philadelphia in 1842 is a dangerous place for a female, especially a twenty-six-year-old single woman. Martha’s quest for answers takes her from the pinnacle of high society, which is abuzz about a visiting European conjurer who communicates with the dead, to the city’s tragic slums where a brutal killer is targeting young prostitutes—and through it all Martha will confront the most ruthless aspects of human nature.
In a story deeply rooted in time and place and brimming with atmosphere and suspense, Cordelia Frances Biddle conjures a mesmerizing world of intrigue and hidden desires.
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Advance Praise
“A feast for those fans who enjoy engaging characters and may attract readers who loved Caleb Carr’s attention to detail in The Alienist and Jacqueline Winspear’s appealing sleuth, Maisie Dobbs.” —Library Journal
“Fresh and believable. Biddle knows her manners and her city, and show both to great advantage.” —The Plain Dealer
“A first-rate mystery featuring rich period authenticity and beguiling characters, The Conjurer succeeds on all levels—as top-flight historical fiction and as a classic whodunit.” —Julia Spencer-Fleming, New York Times–bestselling author of Through the Evil Days
“An intricately orchestrated narrative that implicates the Brahmin class and the corruption that comes with their absolute power. Biddle wonderfully evokes the color and culture of the time.” —Publishers Weekly
“Biddle successfully uses 19th-century Philadelphia, mining the landscape for the kinds of jewels that illuminate a good mystery, and shaping characters that ring true.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781480490642 |
| PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |
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