The Seance Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Harwood, John
- Used
So begins The Séance, John Harwood’s brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England.
It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains—and murder. For Constance’s bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared atWraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation.Now the Hall belongs to Constance. And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of theWraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.
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Details
- Title The Seance
- Author Harwood, John
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
- Date 2009-02-03
- Bookseller's Inventory # G09A-04255
- ISBN 9780151012039 / 0151012032
- Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.36 x 0.98 in (23.42 x 16.15 x 2.49 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, England
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007046029
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
So begins The Séance, John Harwood’s brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England.
It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains—and murder. For Constance’s bequest comes in two parts: a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared atWraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation.Now the Hall belongs to Constance. And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of theWraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.
