The Hanged Man

On a freezing Christmas Eve in 1879, a forensic psychic reader is summoned from her Baker Street lodgings to the scene of a questionable death. Alexandrina Victoria Pendlebury (named after her godmother, the current Queen of England) is adamant that the death in question is a magically compromised murder and not a suicide, as the police had assumed. Alex must put her personal loss aside to uncover the deeper issues at stake before more bodies turn up.

Turning to some choice allies - the handsome, prescient Lieutenant Brooks, the brilliant, enigmatic Lord Desmond, and her rapscallion cousin James - Alex will have to marshal all of her magical and mental acumen to save Queen and Country from a shadowy threat. Our singular heroine is caught up in this rousing gaslamp adventure of cloaked assassins, meddlesome family, and dark magic.

About the Author

P.N. "Pat' Elrod" is the author of 24 commercially-published novels, more than 20 short stories, an editor and co-editor of several collections. Aside from this, she loves her dogs (Sasha and Megan), Doctor Who, Buffy, and Stargate SG-1.