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The Secret of the Lantern Keepers by Jenni Keer

10 July 2026 By Editor

When Edith Averly is sent to investigate a murder at Green Briar Lunatic Asylum, a rambling gothic institution on the edge of the Cornish moors, she’s horrified to realise that in order to infiltrate the asylum, she’ll have to pretend to be mad herself… Several weeks before her arrival, her beloved father stipulates in his […]

The Peculiar Incident at Thistlewick House by Jenni Keer

11 October 2025 By Editor

Norfolk in 1895. When renowned spiritualist Edward Blackmore receives a desperate message from his cousin Barnabas, begging him to come to the coastal village of Thistlewick Tye, his first thought is to ignore the request. Despite his cousin’s insistence that his wife is possessed by a malevolent spirit, Edward has no time for the man […]

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