The Deception

A Novel

De: Kim Taylor Blakemore

Narrado por: Gail Shalan, Hope Newhouse

A sleight of hand. A trick up the sleeve. A call for the dead. It’s all part of the game in this twisty tale by the bestselling author of After Alice Fell.

New Hampshire, 1877. Maud Price was once a celebrated child medium, a true believer in lifting the veil between the living and the dead. Now penniless, her guiding spirits gone, the so-called “Maid of Light” is desperate to regain her reputation—but doing so means putting her faith in deceiving others.

Clementine Watkins, known in spiritualist circles for her bag of tricks and utmost discretion, creates the sort of theatrics that can fill Maud’s parlor again, and with each misdirection, Maud’s fame is restored. But her guilt is a heavy burden. And the ruse has become a risk. Others are plotting to expose the fraud, and Clem can’t allow anyone—even Maud—to jeopardize the fortune the hoax has made her.

When the deception hints at a possible murder, Maud realizes how dangerous a game she’s playing. But to return to the light from which she’s strayed, she must first survive the darkness created by Clem’s smoke and mirrors.

©2022 Kim Taylor Blakemore (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Blakemore’s exquisite pacing and clever dialogue push the tension to the sharp edge in this plot of ambitious deceit and surprising consequences.”—Historical Novels Review

“Kim Taylor Blakemore’s The Deception captures the fascinating world of nineteenth-century mediums in this story of intrigue, deceit, and the otherworldly. Historical fiction lovers will delight in the wonderfully captured details and the mystical elements at the center of this novel. A must-read!”—Lydia Kang, author of The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding

“Delightfully wry as it is unsettling, The Deception had me turning pages at a blistering pace. Blakemore bewitches with her shrewd, incisive look at the Spiritualist movement and two down-on-their-luck heroines bound in an unlikely partnership. Teeming with intrigue, seething jealousies, and theatrical atmosphere. Absolutely impossible to put down!”—Paulette Kennedy, author of Parting the Veil and The Witch of Tin Mountain

Not for me

I was gifted this book from Goodreads and I tried to read it but just couldn't do it, so I waited until it came out on audio to listen to it. I still couldn't get into it. The story was soooo hard to follow. Most of the time I was lost and didn't know what was going on.

I hated Clem and how she treated Maud. I was glad to see that Clem got what was coming to her. The ending through me with the upcoming wedding!

Truly disappointing

Great at the beginning but slowly went down the drain. What happened is incredibly unfair to Clementine. The story shows how easily women back stab each other and steal what is not theirs. Does not have a happy ending. Would not recommend. Bad guys always win in the end.