The Deception
Book Feature - The Deception by Kim Taylor Blakemore
HBL Note: I first featured Kim Taylor Blakemore on this blog when she released her novel The Companion. Of The Companion I wrote, “This book was a slow simmer for most of the story and came to a roiling boil at the end. I read twice as much as I had planned on the last day of reading this book because I just had to know how it ended.” She is also the author of AFTER ALICE FELL, an Amazon bestseller in Mystery, Thriller and Suspense which has over 11,000 reviews. And now Kim is back with another “trick up the sleeve” with THE DECEPTION.
This story is about mediums and frauds. It follows Maud Price who gained fame as a child medium In the 1800s but whose spirit guide has deserted her. In order to make money, she turns to more nefarious pursuits, those that come with deceit and possibly even murder.
“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
Book Feature - The Deception by Kim Taylor Blakemore
Book Feature - The Deception by Kim Taylor Blakemore
From the publisher:
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.
