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The Spirit Engineer

By: A. J. West
Narrated by: Dickon Farmar
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"A fiendishly clever tale of ambition, deception, and power." (Derren Brown)

A chilling debut teeming with spirits, séances, and scandal – the must-listen novel for this spooky season.

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....

Everyone is talking about The Spirit Engineer

"Haunting, witty and deeply moving." (Jodie Whittaker)

"So clever it makes your head spin! The Spirit Engineer is a work of true invention and drama." (Jeremy Vine)

©2021 A. J. West (P)2021 Duckworth Books Ltd Ghosts Horror Scary Heartfelt Witty
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Honestly, as I am from Belfast this is a very interesting book. I can honestly say that I loved every part of it. extremely well written and proformed! This book will be a classic for sure.

GREAT BOOK

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I came across this book after hearing the author on a phone in on the Jeremy Vine show - for something entirely unrelated. But because he made me laugh, I then became intrigued to find out about his book. Well, it certainly was an entertaining story, fascinating, sad, spooky (at times I had to stop it & do something else to calm the goosebumps). Quite a dark tale, especially atmospheric because on the time the story is set in. I’m not one to give half the story in a review ( totally annoys me) - but if you like a wonderfully narrated, spooky tale based on a real story, then I highly recommend. I was fascinated because in our family history, there is a medium who was apparently fairly well known at the time- the parallels were a big draw for me. Read/listen and enjoy, I really don’t think you’ll be disappointed and ( as it will me) I’m sure the book will stay with you for a while!

An unusual tale

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No spoilers, just read it! So well written and well read. Off to find more by the author!

Amazing!!

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This story was beautifully written and the story itself based on true events, is wonderfully entertaining. I would love to have read more about this man and his family.
Thoroughly enjoyable. A must listen. Strongly recommend

A very enjoyable 10 hours

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A long and detailed book, set in Belfast so it was lovely recognising parts of my home city and the characters who lived there in the early 20th century when Belfast was an important centre for linen, rope making, shipbuilding and commerce. Robinson and Cleaver, Pirrie and others feature and if you know Belfast you’ll recognise the names and even now, places named after these characters. I had no idea the popularity of spiritualism here at that time was a part of our history linked to the sinking of Titanic and this man was a real person. A fascinating storyline.

Fascinating story

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