The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross

The paranormal answer to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Jesperson and Lane are turning the Victorian era upside down in this bewitching series from John W. Campbell Award winner Lisa Tuttle. "A lively, entertaining blend of murder mystery and supernatural adventure . . . Arthur Conan Doyle would have approved."—George R. R. Martin, on The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist & the Psychic Thief "Witch!" cries the young man after stumbling unexpectedly into the London address of the consulting-detective partnership of Mr. Jasper Jesperson and Miss Lane. He makes the startling accusation while pointing toward Miss Lane . . . then he drops dead. Thus begins the strangest case yet to land—quite literally—on the doorstep of Jesperson and Lane. According to the coroner, Charles Manning died of a heart attack—despite being in perfect health. Could he have been struck down by a witch's spell? The late Mr. Manning's address book...