Crime and the Supernatural...

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"The lines are open." Seffi Callard from Mean Spirit by Will Kingdom.

I don't know why modern writers are thinking that these two genres blend. Yes, sometimes they make an interesting read, but often, as with this book, they're a little slow. This is one of two authors that I know of and have read that do this. The other being Phil Rickman. I actually prefer Rickman to Kingdom, but there you go.

In Mean Spirit Kindom tells the story of a medium who is suddenly being bothered by a nasty manifestation that appeared during one of her sessions, and all of the events which follow. There are a few interesting sidelines, like the concept that if you believe that a curse exists you start linking any, even small misfortune with that curse even when there is no connection... and one or two other things. But I don't want to spoil it for anyone who might want to read the book, so I won't say much more. It was an interesting read once I'd gotten about 2/3rds of the way through, and that makes it a disappointingly slow book as far as I'm concerned.