Murder at the Spirit Lounge
von Jess Kidd
Warum lesen
This is the second installment featuring Nora Breen, an unconventional, sharp-witted former nun turned amateur sleuth living in the quirky English coastal resort of Gore-on-Sea35. Jess Kidd is known for infusing traditional mystery frameworks with sharp character work, atmospheric prose, and a dash of the macabre36. Here, Nora finds herself entangled with Gore-on-Sea's resident spiritual medium3. When an evening séance takes a catastrophic turn, a string of deaths seems to target those who sat around the circle25. It is an ideal pick if you enjoy vintage-feeling whodunits with eccentric seaside personalities, wry humor, and a lingering question of whether foul play is earthly or spectral37.
Wo du es bekommst
Since you want to listen, the audiobook edition is narrated by Irish actress Philippa Dunne, whose comedic timing and character voices fit Kidd's lively prose exceptionally well47. Audiobook is available widely through major download platforms including Audible, Libro.fm (which supports independent bookstores), Apple Books, and Google Play4101112. Libraries digital audiobook and ebook copies circulate through public library services such as Libby/OverDrive, BorrowBox, and Hoopla5. Ebook and Print are available via major ebook retailers (Kindle, Kobo, Nook) as well as independent bookshops and mainstream booksellers (such as Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, and Bookshop.org) in hardcover and paperback1313.
Was dich erwartet
Tone is mischievous, slightly gothic, and atmospheric38. It balances the cozy warmth of English seaside guest houses and bickering allies with an eerie, uncanny edge39. Pace is steady and engaging, driven by dialogue, gradual clue-gathering, and mounting tension as time runs out for the surviving séance sitters25. Difficulty is accessible and entertaining; an easy, immersive listen that does not require deep historical knowledge to enjoy57. Content Notes include typical murder-mystery violence and perilous situations23, séance/occult themes35, and background themes touching on wartime trauma, grief, and mentions of suicide related to past events9.
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