A deadly fortune /

"Amelia Matthew has done the all-but-impossible, especially for an orphan in Gilded Age New York City: along with her foster brother Jonas, she has parleyed her modest psychic talent into a safe and comfortable life. But safety and comfort vanish when a head injury leaves Amelia with a dramatic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Murphy, Stacie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pegasus Crime, 2021.
Edition:	First Pegasus Books edition.
Subjects:	Women psychics > Fiction. Psychics > Fiction. Psychic ability > Fiction. Psychiatric hospitals > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Brothers and sisters > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction. Brothers and sisters. Manners and customs. Murder > Investigation. Psychiatric hospitals. Psychic ability. Psychics. Women psychics. New York (State) > New York. Parapsychology > Fiction. Homicide > Fiction. Siblings > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > Fiction. 1800-1899 Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. Mystery fiction.

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Summary:	"Amelia Matthew has done the all-but-impossible, especially for an orphan in Gilded Age New York City: along with her foster brother Jonas, she has parleyed her modest psychic talent into a safe and comfortable life. But safety and comfort vanish when a head injury leaves Amelia with a dramatically-expanded gift. After she publicly channels an angry spirit, she finds herself imprisoned in the notorious insane asylum on Blackwell's Island. As Jonas searches for a way to free her, Amelia struggles to control her disturbing new abilities and survive a place where cruelty and despair threaten her sanity"--Dust jacket.
Item Description:	"A novel"--Jacket.
Physical Description:	298 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9781643136301 1643136305