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Turn of the Table

by Jonathan Stagge

Series: Dr. Hugh Westlake (Book 4)

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The country doctor takes his sleuthing into the spiritual realm when otherworldly goings-on strike close to home in this classic Golden Age mystery.   Summer finds Dr. Hugh Westlake taking over another doctor's patients and living in his house. His next-door neighbors are a wealthy and influential family in the community, including leading investment banker Bruce Bannister. And soon, Hugh is drawn into quite the family drama . . .   A nurse has joined the Bannisters to take care of the ailing Bruce. Not only is she the niece of his late first wife, but she's a psychic to boot. When one of her séances leads to Bruce's death, it's by a most unnatural cause: poison, pointing to either suicide or murder. As Hugh investigates this bizarre mystery, another one soon unfolds. He's attacked by someone outside of their house in a thoroughly macabre manner: his neck is bitten. Now Hugh has to resurrect ghosts from the family's past to uncover the truth about a potential murderer, a possible vampire, and a snake in the grass . . .   "Spiritualism and a maniac provide high scented red herrings. Suspense well-handled and solution satisfactory." --Kirkus Reviews… (more)
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The country doctor takes his sleuthing into the spiritual realm when otherworldly goings-on strike close to home in this classic Golden Age mystery.   Summer finds Dr. Hugh Westlake taking over another doctor's patients and living in his house. His next-door neighbors are a wealthy and influential family in the community, including leading investment banker Bruce Bannister. And soon, Hugh is drawn into quite the family drama . . .   A nurse has joined the Bannisters to take care of the ailing Bruce. Not only is she the niece of his late first wife, but she's a psychic to boot. When one of her séances leads to Bruce's death, it's by a most unnatural cause: poison, pointing to either suicide or murder. As Hugh investigates this bizarre mystery, another one soon unfolds. He's attacked by someone outside of their house in a thoroughly macabre manner: his neck is bitten. Now Hugh has to resurrect ghosts from the family's past to uncover the truth about a potential murderer, a possible vampire, and a snake in the grass . . .   "Spiritualism and a maniac provide high scented red herrings. Suspense well-handled and solution satisfactory." --Kirkus Reviews

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Dr. Westlake, having packed his charming daughter, Dawn, off to camp, proceeded to involve himself in a table-tipping séance, the mysterious death of the town's leading citizen, and police routine to the point of being accused of criminal negligence. When the doctor realized with horrified surprise that Bruce Bannister's death was an intensely personal problem of his own, his only recourse to save practice, reputation and future was to find the person or persons responsible for Bannister's death. In spite of his disgust and dismay, he had to deal with a slimy domestic situation, to investigate the possible criminal activities of a young man in whom he had great interest, and to protect the health and ultimate happiness of a charming woman. Dawn further complicated matters by returning from camp on a trumped-up excuse, but it was she, speaking from the Olympian heights of her experience, who finally tipped off the doctor and precipitated the climax of the whole situation.

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