It's 1815 and an Inquiry Agent - Mr. Knighton Gaunt - is employed at a house party to expose a spiritualist - Miss Prudence Barnard - as a fraud.
Unfortunately murder happens to prevent this. Can Mr Gaunt discover the murderer while unearthing all the guests secrets before they strike again.
This is the first of a series which I look forward to reading the next. ( )

This novel is set in Regency England.
A private inquiry agent has been hired to expose a so called medium as a fraud. The medium, Prudence Barnard, is a young woman living by her wits with no money or family to support her.
In the middle of a séance, the Lord who was wanting to expose her is killed, leaving Prudence the obvious murderer.
The agent, at first suspecting Prudence, discovers that there were any number of people with reason to kill the victim.
And, as is usual in Regency novels, there is a certain attraction developing between the two main characters.
Light, enjoyable read. ( )

This mystery is set in England in roughly 1800. The format alternates between the two principal characters -Knighton Gaunt (the second son of the subtitle on the cover) and Prudence Barnard - narrating the story. The potential romance between the two is the major sub-plot of the book. Ms. Corwin does a good job making this format work and the story flow seamlessly forward through the two points of view.

The two principal characters are very well drawn, and hopefully there will be more stories with the two. The mystery is well done, with a large number of possible suspects and potential motives - so you are kept guessing until close to the end. The book does drag a bit in the middle, but is overall a good read. ( )

Pru Bransford is suspected of murder by the inquiry agent hired to reveal her as a fraud. Even when falsely accussed of murder; Pru Bransford keeps her head, remains calm, and eventually her innocence is proven. An interesting mystery from beginning to end.

Amy Corwin’s writing style flows easily and keeps the reader interested, and continually guessing “what comes next.” In each chapter, the tension mounts between the different characters involved, and continues throughout the book. The suspense grows gradually, and builds until the final chapters where the murder is finally revealed and apprehended. The only christian element of sorts, is that Knighton Gaunt believes in

Even after the mystery is solved, the story continues. I love a good story where the ending is just as good as the beginning, and Amy Corwin delivers. A great novel for mystery buffs. As for the "christian fiction" genre;tThere seems to be an underlying note that inquiry agent Knighton Gaunt believes in God, but it is understated. Gaunt quotes in Chapter five that "there is only one truth."

Though the language is clean, and this book is readable for most of my followers; I would recommend this for 13+ due to some of the more adult-oriented content of the story. ( )