Last updated on 12/02/2025
When a self-proclaimed medium contacts Amelia Greystone with chilling knowledge of a corpse’s location, she turns to the one man she can trust—Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Field…
Henry has no patience for mystics or séances. He believes in evidence, not whispers involving a dark prophecy. But when the medium’s cryptic letter leads to the discovery of a young woman murdered in an abandoned tunnel, even he must question whether there’s more to divination than he thought.
Amelia, haunted by tragedies of her own, is wary of the woman who claims to commune with spirits. Yet the medium’s dire prediction fills her with unease…and when the body is found exactly where the woman foretold, Amelia fears something—or someone—is reaching out from beyond.
Drawn together by a case steeped in death and deception, Amelia and Henry must navigate fog-choked streets, forgotten tunnels, and the lure of a darkly compelling medium whose intentions may not be as selfless as they seem…before another victim is claimed.
Venture to the dark streets of Victorian London with the fifth novel in The Field & Greystone series —perfect for historical mystery readers of Irina Shapiro, Charles Finch, and Miss Scarlet and the Duke.
Review:
Absolutely loving this series!
Ms Williams has added a touch of the paranormal to this story, and I’m not complaining 🙂 The mystery centers on a medium who initially contacts Amelia, claiming to have some information for her about a missing person. Henry of course accompanies her, and what the medium tells them leads the police to a dead body…and naturally Amelia and Henry are invested from that point on (him professionally and her both to support him and wanting to help find the murderer).
The mysteries continue to pile up as their investigation continues–Amelia continues to get messages from Mrs. Nettle (the medium), attends a séance (reluctantly), and may or may not have had her own spiritual encounter while there, which leaves her disconcerted. A second body is discovered in the same spot as the first, also pointed to by the medium; this one is connected to friends of Henry’s parents. There is a frustrating lack of evidence that would lead to the killer, especially since neither body would probably have been discovered as quickly if not for Mrs. Nettle’s “abilities.”
Is the medium genuine? Is she somehow connected to the deaths? Did Amelia really experience something otherworldly, or was it just the power of suggestion? The reader, along with the main characters, is kept guessing, and in the end it’s a darn good thing that the killer ends up confessing, because most of the best evidence they have came from a medium in a trance. (So she’s real? Maybe? The guessing continues, even afterward) Though Amelia and her microscope (and her very observant maid Yvette) also helped–and Amelia has a book on forensic science processes on order, so I look forward to seeing her give Henry more help in that area in the future.
Henry and Amelia’s relationship continued to progress here, and I swear I was just as excited as they seemed to be about the future couple outings they’re starting to plan with Henry’s friends/coworkers and their spouses. <3
As always, this book *could* be read as a standalone, but I really recommend reading them in order if for no other reason than to truly appreciate the eventual payoff that the development of their slow burn romance brings in each book.
Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
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