{"title":"Books by Sarah Penner","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781915054142","title":"The London Seance Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOUT NOW: SARAH PENNER'S ENCHANTING NEW NOVEL \u003ci\u003eTHE AMALFI CURSE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE ENCHANTING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE LOST APOTHECARY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'GLORIOUSLY GOTHIC, DELIGHTFULLY ATMOSPHERIC SLICE OF VICTORIANA'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'PENNER HAS CRAFTED ANOTHER BLOCKBUSTER NOVEL THAT IS MAGICALLY EVEN BETTER THAN HER DEBUT'\u003c\/b\u003e NATALIE JENNER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the intoxicating bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Apothecary\u003c\/i\u003e comes an entrancing exploration of the blurred lines between truth and illusion and the grave risks women take to avenge the ones they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMay mercy be upon the man who finds himself the enemy of a vengeful medium…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister’s death, but to do so, she must embrace the unknown and overcome her own logic-driven bias against the occult. When Vaudeline is beckoned to England to solve a high-profile murder, Lenna accompanies her as an understudy. But as the women team up with the powerful men of London’s exclusive Séance Society to solve the mystery, they begin to suspect that they are not merely out to solve a crime, but perhaps entangled in one themselves…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated title by: Good Housekeeping, Washington Post, E! 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