Fiction:
Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld by Catherine Lloyd turned out to be second in a historical mystery series set in 1830s England. The author managed the excellent trick of giving me enough hints of book one’s events to both let me follow the character arcs and make me want to go back and read book one. Miss Morton, Lady Caroline who has taken work as a companion/secretary, accompanies her delightful wealthy industrialist employer, Mrs. Frogerton, to a seance; when the spirit...