Hi everyone and welcome back for day 17!
Today’s featured book is…
The Spirit Engineer by A. J. West
Ok, so this is another book I’ve actually talked about multiple times before but I don’t see myself stopping anytime soon, especially recommended if you’re into spooky reads and gothic vibes. I still haven’t read the author’s next book, The Betrayal of Thomas True, but I’m really looking forward to doing so sometime soon!
Read for: Northern Ireland post Titanic; ghosts and seances; unreliable narration.
Synopsis
Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism in the form of seances that attempt to contact the spirits of loved ones lost at sea.
William is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sat around the circle something happens that places doubt in his heart and a seed of obsession in his mind. Could the spirits truly be communicating with him or is this one of Kathleen’s parlour tricks gone too far?
This early 20th century gothic set in Northern Ireland contains all the mystery and intrigue one might expect from a Sarah Waters novel. Deftly plotted with echoes of The Woman in Black, readers will be thrilled to discover West’s chilling prose.
Based on the true story of William Jackson Crawford and famed medium Kathleen Goligher, and with a cast of characters that include Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, The Spirit Engineer conjures a haunting tale that will keep readers guessing until the very end.
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