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Arthur Conan Doyle has just killed off Sherlock Holmes in "The Final Problem," and he immediately becomes one of the most hated men in London. So when he is contacted by a medium "of some renown" and asked to investigate a murder, he jumps at the chance to get out of the city. The only thing is that the murder hasn't happened yet--the medium, one Hope Thraxton, has foreseen that her death will occur at the third sance of a meeting of the Society for Psychical Research at her manor house in the English countryside. Along for the ride is Conan Doyle's good friend Oscar Wilde, and together they work to narrow down the list of suspects, which includes a mysterious foreign Count, a levitating magician, and an irritable old woman with a "familiar.
About the Author
Vaughn Entwistle is a British author currently residing in beautiful Northern Somerset, England. He grew up in Northern England and for most of his adult life has shuttled between living in the US and the UK.In the early nineties Entwistle moved to Seattle, where he ran a successful gargoyle-sculpting company for ten years (yes, really!) He has published poetry and fiction in a number of small literary journals and won awards for screenplays and novel writing. When not attempting to write with one cat on his lap, a Brittany lying across his feet, and two or more cats sauntering across the keyboard, Vaughn likes to grab a camera and the pooch and hike through the English countryside visiting and photographing the many sites of historical interest.Entwistle writes in a variety of genres, including historical thrillers/mysteries, Horror, Fantasy and Young Adult novels. His debut novel, THE REVENENT OF THRAXTON HALL, THE PARANORMAL CASEBOOKS OF SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE was published in March 2014 and is winning great reviews from Book Blogger and on GoodReads. The second book in THE PARANORMAL CASEBOOKS series, THE DEAD ASSASSIN will be published by Minotaur (US) and Titan Books on March, 2015.His gothic suspense novel the THE ANGEL OF HIGHGATE will be published in early 2015 by Titan Books.Check Vaughn's website www.vaughnentwistle.com for news, forthcoming books and personal appearances.
