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Biddle, Cordelia Frances.
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Missing persons -- Fiction.
Clairvoyants -- Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction.
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Biddle, Cordelia Frances.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Clairvoyants -- Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction.
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The
conjurer
/ Cordelia Frances Biddle.
by
Biddle, Cordelia Frances.
Thomas Dunne Books, c2007.
Call #:
FICTION BID
Subjects
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Clairvoyants -- Fiction.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction.
Series
Biddle, Cordelia Frances. Martha Beale mysteries ; 1.
ISBN:
9780312352462
0312352468
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
306 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"A Martha Beale mystery"--Jacket.
Summary:
"Intrigue, passion and murder surround the suspicious disappearance of Philadelphia financier, Lemuel Beale, in the winter of 1842. A victim of accidental drowning, according to the local constabulary, Beale’s legacy is a sinister web of political and financial machinations, and a troubling relationship with his daughter, his only child. Unmarried at twenty-six in an era when women were expected to become brides before turning twenty, Martha Beale’s conflicted search for her father eventually emboldens and frees her, bringing her love in the person of Thomas Kelman, an assistant to Philadelphia’s mayor - and a man whose business is homicide investigation. The inquiry into Beale’s disappearance uncovers connections between the city’s most affluent and its most destitute: an escaped inmate from the infamous Eastern State Penitentiary; the freed African-American prisoner, Ruth; the ritual slayings of several young girl prostitutes; and Eusapio Paladino, a
conjurer
and necromancer who claims to communicate with the dead."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Historical mystery fiction.
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