On the Nature of Magic

In this Gothic supernatural mystery, two women claim to have seen Marie Antoinette's ghost in the garden of Versailles. Helena Walton-Cisneros, known for finding answers to the impossible, takes on two new uncanny cases in Paris, where she hears whispers of vanishings and strange lights at Melies Star Films studio.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2023
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

In this Gothic supernatural mystery, two women claim to have seen Marie Antoinette's ghost in the garden of Versailles. Helena Walton-Cisneros, known for finding answers to the impossible, has started her detective agency. She takes on two new uncanny cases, both located in Paris, which is too much of a coincidence to ignore. In the first case, two English women claim to have seen the ghost of Marie Antoinette in the gardens of Versailles. The second case is the murder of a young woman working at the mysterious Melies Star Films studio outside Paris. As Helena and her colleague Eliza investigate, they hear whispers of vanishings at Melies Star Films, strange lights, spies, actors flying without ropes, and connections to the occult. What is George Melies practicing at his secretive film studio? And is it connected to the haunting in Versailles? Helena and Eliza will only find the answers if they accept that the natural world is darker, stranger than they could ever have imagined.

In this Gothic supernatural mystery, two women claim to have seen Marie Antoinette's ghost in the garden of Versailles. Helena Walton-Cisneros, known for finding answers to the impossible, has started her detective agency. She takes on two new uncanny cases, both located in Paris, which is too much of a coincidence to ignore. In the first case, two English women claim to have seen the ghost of Marie Antoinette in the gardens of Versailles. The second case is the murder of a young woman working at the mysterious Melies Star Films studio outside Paris. As Helena and her colleague Eliza investigate, they hear whispers of vanishings at Melies Star Films, strange lights, spies, actors flying without ropes, and connections to the occult. What is George Melies practicing at his secretive film studio? And is it connected to the haunting in Versailles? Helena and Eliza will only find the answers if they accept that the natural world is darker, stranger than they could ever have imagined.

Weight: 294g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803361345