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The White Crow

A Beacon Hill Mystery

A Beacon Hill Mystery

A Beacon Hill Mystery

By Cynthia Peale

By Cynthia Peale

By Cynthia Peale

By Cynthia Peale

By Cynthia Peale

By Cynthia Peale

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Paperback $19.00

Mar 04, 2003 | ISBN 9780440614197

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Oct 28, 2009 | ISBN 9780307416698

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Apr 16, 2002 | ISBN 9780385505420

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    About The White Crow

    When the lights come on after a séance in the parlor of Victorian Boston’s most celebrated spiritualist, a pillar of the community lies dead. The world of restless and vengeful spirits has invaded Beacon Hill–while Caroline Ames, seated next to the victim, may hold the key to an all-too-real crime.

    From the mysterious device called the telephone to the new electric conveyances that cross the Charles, a tide of change is rising around Caroline, her brother, Addington, and their boarder, Dr. MacKenzie. For Caroline, it has been a time to face her loneliness–and the growing affection she feels for Dr. MacKenzie. For Addington, it is a time marked by the fierce, ineffable pull of a beautiful but dangerous woman. Now they find themselves in the center of a maelstrom, at the heart of a case of multiple murder. And while a killer has already claimed two victims, a clairvoyant has revealed the third: “Ames next . . .”

    About The White Crow

    When the lights come on after a séance in the parlor of Victorian Boston’s most celebrated spiritualist, a pillar of the community lies dead. The world of restless and vengeful spirits has invaded Beacon Hill–while Caroline Ames, seated next to the victim, may hold the key to an all-too-real crime.

    From the mysterious device called the telephone to the new electric conveyances that cross the Charles, a tide of change is rising around Caroline, her brother, Addington, and their boarder, Dr. MacKenzie. For Caroline, it has been a time to face her loneliness–and the growing affection she feels for Dr. MacKenzie. For Addington, it is a time marked by the fierce, ineffable pull of a beautiful but dangerous woman. Now they find themselves in the center of a maelstrom, at the heart of a case of multiple murder. And while a killer has already claimed two victims, a clairvoyant has revealed the third: “Ames next . . .”

    About The White Crow

    Amateur sleuths Caroline and Addington Ames venture to “the other side”–the world of restless and vengeful spirits–to solve some very real flesh-and-blood crimes in Victorian Boston in the third volume of Cynthia Peale’s acclaimed Beacon Hill mystery series.

    When Caroline Ames makes the daring decision to visit a medium, she keeps it a secret from her older brother, Addington. Ever the rationalist, Addington has made his disapproval of Boston society’s recent infatuation with spiritualists quite clear. Fervently
    hoping to contact their mother, Caroline has asked Dr. McKenzie, the Ameses’ boarder and dear friend, to accompany her to a
    séance held by Mrs. Sidgwick, reputed to be the best medium in Boston. Mrs. Sidgwick’s powers prove to be quite amazing: Although she is unable to reach Mrs. Ames, she miraculously fulfills the expectations of others attending the séance. Among them is Theophilus Clay, a well-known and much-beloved philanthropist who receives a message from his late wife–and is immediately struck dead right in Mrs. Sidgwick’s parlor. The police quickly determine that Clay’s death was not the result of a heart attack brought on by excitement, but cold-blooded murder. At the request of an old friend of his father’s, Addington agrees to help clear Mrs. Sidgwick’s name. Despite his certainty that all mediums are charlatans, Addington is badly shaken when Mrs. Sidgwick receives the ominous message “Ames next” and Caroline is pushed in the path of a horse and narrowly escapes death. Addington’s conversation with William James at Harvard does little to reassure him. In James’s learned opinion, “Even if there were no other medium in the world who had her powers, she alone proves that such powers exist. I put it this way: If you seek to prove that all crows are not black, you need only one white crow. And Mrs. Sidgwick is my white crow.” But Addington needs more solid proof before he is willing to accept that Mrs. Sidgwick’s connections to Clay’s murder and Caroline’s near-fatal accident defy rational explanation.

    Like the previous books in the Beacon Hill series, The White Crow perfectly captures the atmosphere of Victorian Boston and uncovers the dark secrets harbored by some of its respectable citizens. Cynthia Peale’s many fans are in for a double treat in this volume: Interwoven in the intriguing tale of murder and deception is the delightful story of the love that blossoms between Caroline and Dr. McKenzie.

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    About Cynthia Peale

    Cynthia Peale is the pseudonym of Nancy Zaroulis, author of Call the Darkness Light and The Last Waltz, among other successful novels. She has written three Beacon Hill mysteries: The Death of Colonel Mann, Murder at Bertram’s Bower, and The White Crow. She lives outside Boston.

    About Cynthia Peale

    Cynthia Peale is the pseudonym of Nancy Zaroulis, author of Call the Darkness Light and The Last Waltz, among other successful novels. She has written three Beacon Hill mysteries: The Death of Colonel Mann, Murder at Bertram’s Bower, and The White Crow. She lives outside Boston.

    About Cynthia Peale

    Cynthia Peale is the pseudonym of Nancy Zaroulis, author of Call the Darkness Light and The Last Waltz, among other successful novels. She has written three Beacon Hill mysteries: The Death of Colonel Mann, Murder at Bertram’s Bower, and The White Crow. She lives outside Boston.

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Dell
    Mar 04, 2003 | 336 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780440614197

    Category: Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $3.99
    Published by Dell
    Oct 28, 2009 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780307416698

    Category: Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Doubleday
    Apr 16, 2002 | 288 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780385505420

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    Praise

    “How can you resist a story that combines seances, Victorian scandal, and the Barnum & Bailey Circus? A genteel adventure that offers readers suspense, romance, and an intriguing blend of factual and fictional characters…Highly enjoyable.”
    —The Washington Post

    “A riveting tale of murder and intrigue.”
    —Forecast

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