Electra Poole Mysteries

A country escape turns into a deadly trap.When an old friend, Lady Alice Kirkham, invites Electra to her family's country estate, she welcomes the chance to escape London's bustle and the persona she's carefully cultivated as a medium to the upper crust. Alice knew Electra before she made a living from séances, and a visit to Oxfordshire offers a rare chance to step away from it all.But when a nobleman dies the night after her arrival, Alice becomes the prime suspect, and Electra's attempts to help her friend only pull her deeper into the tangled web of relationships at Carthorpe Hall.Electra comes to realize someone is orchestrating a deadly game and turns to the one man she swore never to trust with her secrets-Detective Inspector Gideon Pierce. Though they always clash, he believes in her and he's begun to trust her abilities. Together, they work to unravel carefully crafted deceptions and seek a murderer so determined to cover their tracks that they might kill again.

When a murdered stranger carries her calling card, a lady psychic must clear her name-and protect the friend whose secrets may have gotten him killed.A man lies dead in the streets of London, and Electra Poole's calling card is found in his hand. Inspector Gideon Pierce, drawn back into her orbit despite every professional instinct, comes to her with questions she cannot answer. She has never met Percival Pennington. She has no idea why he carried her card. But Pierce's suspicion cuts deeper than the mystery itself, and Electra knows that her word alone will not be enough.The investigation leads to Lady Cordelia Redmayne-Electra's dearest friend, her housemate, and the wife of a powerful Member of Parliament. Cordelia's name cannot be tangled in scandal, not when her husband's career and her own standing hang in the balance. Electra will not allow it. She turns to the psychic gifts that have always set her apart, searching for answers in visions the police cannot see and truths the dead cannot speak.But what she uncovers is far more dangerous than a single murder. Hidden alliances stretch and tangle among those connected to Pennington. Buried secrets claw their way to the surface. And a disturbing vision reveals that danger may lurk for Gideon.