02509cam a2200349 i 4500 944218663 TxAuBib 20230911120000.0 230804s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023025018 9781496740618 HRD 27.00 1496740610 HRD 27.00 TxAuBib rda Lloyd, Catherine, 1963-, author. Miss Morton and the spirits of the underworld [BOOK] / Catherine Lloyd. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2023. 281 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Miss Morton mysteries ; 2 Lady Caroline is happy to be back amid the swirl of London society, guiding her employer’s daughter, Dorothy Frogerton, through her first Season. Dorothy has been declared “an original” by a patron of the exclusive social club, Almack’s, and is sifting through potential suitors. Mrs. Frogerton, meanwhile, finds her own diversions, including spiritualist gatherings at the home of Madam Lavinia, and begs Caroline to come along. Caroline is skeptical of Madam’s antics and faux French accent—until she slips a note into Caroline’s hand, which contains intimate family knowledge. Even as Caroline tries to discern whether the spiritualist’s powers are real, a much darker mystery presents itself. Madam Lavinia is found lifeless in her chair, a half-empty glass of port at her elbow. In her desk is a note addressed to Caroline, entreating her to find her murderer. Caroline needs no psychic abilities to determine a motive, for it seems that Madam was blackmailing some of her clients and has left a trail of aggrieved aristocrats behind. But as Caroline and Mrs. Frogerton investigate further, they find other suspects, and a litany of deceptions, some very close to home. Now Caroline will need to keep all her wits about her if she is to stop others from joining Madam Lavinia in the afterlife... -Provided by publisher. 20230911. Aristocracy (Social class) Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Spiritualism Fiction. England Fiction. Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. Miss Morton mysteries ; 2.