The Witch of Lime Street, (Paperback)

from IsolaBlue

He said. He proclaimed. He accused. He supported. He promoted. He turned toward. He turned away. He did. Too many men in this book. It's the 1920s in Boston, Massachusetts, and the attractive and personable young wife of a Beacon Hill surgeon is being investigated by representatives of "Scientifi...

from NellieMc

This was a well-researched book on an interesting cultural movement in the 1920's - the desire to talk to the dead and understand the afterlife. The author does a solid job of putting the movement in context; given all the dead-especially young people from WWI and the flu epidemic-the desire to t...

from yoyogod

It's very odd. This is exactly the sort of book that I should like, but I didn't. I love books on the supernatural, Forteana, and weird history. Houdini is one of my favorite historical figures. I've always found the Spiritualism movement vaguely fascinating. Even with all that stuff in this book...

from datrappert

The author did an immense amount of research, and the book suffers from it, ending up as an episodic tale with anticlimax after anticlimax that weighs down the reader's interest. So much so that I put it down and read 3 or 4 other more interesting books before finishing this one. The promised con...

from artistlibrarian

The 1920s may elicit feelings of nostalgic glamour, but it was a time of emotional desperation for a country recovering from the enormous losses World War I. It's no wonder that people turned to the paranormal in an effort to reconnect with loved ones and scientists dedicated their studies to pro...