The Spirit Engineer: ‘A fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deception, and power

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1914, Belfast. William is a sceptic, but one night during a séance something happens that places doubt in his heart and a seed of obsession in his mind. Could the spirits truly be communicating with him or is this one of Kathleen’s parlour tricks gone too far?

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ISBN: 9780715654514 Author: West, A. J. Publisher: Duckworth Books Publication Date: 21st July 2022 Imprint: Duckworth Cover: Paperback Dewey: 823.92 (edition:23) Pages: 299 Language: English Edition: 1st paperback ed Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subjects: , , , , , , , ,

‘A fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deception, and power’ DERREN BROWN

Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism, attending séances in the hope they might reach their departed loved ones.

William Jackson Crawford is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sitting around the circle, voices come to him – seemingly from beyond the veil – placing doubt in his heart and a seed of obsession in his mind. Could the spirits truly be communicating with him or is this one of Kathleen’s parlour tricks gone too far?

Based on the true story of Professor William Jackson Crawford and famed medium Kathleen Goligher, and with a cast of characters including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, The Spirit Engineer conjures a haunted, twisted tale of power, paranoia and one ultimate, inescapable truth…

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