The White Crow

When the lights come on after a sance in the parlor of Victorian Bostons 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 . . .