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In the Company of Ghosts
(2011)(The first book in the Agatha Witchley Mystery series)
A novel by Stephen Hunt
Because sometimes, insanity and genius are indistinguishable...
Agatha Witchley used to be a spy in the Cold War, but now she's locked up in the UK's premier maximum-security mental institution. She believes that the ghosts of the celebrity dead visit her padded cell and whisper the world's secrets in her ears. Which
is a big problem for the British government, because she's the only one who can help them when an American billionaire is murdered in London in one of the strangest killings yet.
The Home Secretary needs the case locked down and solved before the entrepreneur’s death becomes public knowledge and economic chaos ensures.
The woman he has in mind for the job might be paranoid, she might be lethal, she might half-insane and drawing a pension, but it's amazing how you can forgive that in a genius when it's a genius's help you need.
Yes, the security forces need Agatha Witchley again. It's just the ghosts of Churchill, Elvis and Groucho Marx they could do without.
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Book 1 of The Agatha Witchley Mysteries: IN THE COMPANY OF GHOSTS
THE SERIES SO FAR...
SEASON ONE
Episode #1 - In the Company of Ghosts.
Episode #2 - The Plato Club.
Episode #3 - The Moon Man's Tale
THE SEASON ONE OMNIBUS (#1 & #2 & #3)
Secrets of the Moon - in print and ebook.
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REVIEWS
Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:
‘Compulsive reading for all ages.’
- GUARDIAN
‘Studded with invention.’
-THE INDEPENDENT
‘Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.’
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
‘An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.’
- THE TIMES
‘Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.’
- TOM HOLT
‘Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.’
- TIME OUT
'A swaggering, eye-filling, brain-swizzling extravaganza!'
— KIRKUS REVIEWS
'Readers will be entertained and captivated.'
- BOOKLIST
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FORMAT
Novella - part 3 of a continuing, linked series.
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AGE ADVISORY
Age 15+ - mild violence and swearing.
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READ THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE THESE AUTHORS...
Iain Banks
John le Carré
Lee Child
Bernard Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell
Clive Cussler
Ian Fleming
William Gibson
Robert Harris
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Stieg Larsson
Scott Mariani
James Patterson
Ian Rankin
C. J. Sansom
Alexander McCall Smith
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GENRES
Crime
Thrillers
Mystery
Genre: Mystery
Agatha Witchley used to be a spy in the Cold War, but now she's locked up in the UK's premier maximum-security mental institution. She believes that the ghosts of the celebrity dead visit her padded cell and whisper the world's secrets in her ears. Which
is a big problem for the British government, because she's the only one who can help them when an American billionaire is murdered in London in one of the strangest killings yet.
The Home Secretary needs the case locked down and solved before the entrepreneur’s death becomes public knowledge and economic chaos ensures.
The woman he has in mind for the job might be paranoid, she might be lethal, she might half-insane and drawing a pension, but it's amazing how you can forgive that in a genius when it's a genius's help you need.
Yes, the security forces need Agatha Witchley again. It's just the ghosts of Churchill, Elvis and Groucho Marx they could do without.
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Book 1 of The Agatha Witchley Mysteries: IN THE COMPANY OF GHOSTS
THE SERIES SO FAR...
SEASON ONE
Episode #1 - In the Company of Ghosts.
Episode #2 - The Plato Club.
Episode #3 - The Moon Man's Tale
THE SEASON ONE OMNIBUS (#1 & #2 & #3)
Secrets of the Moon - in print and ebook.
------------------------
REVIEWS
Praise for Stephen Hunt's novels:
‘Compulsive reading for all ages.’
- GUARDIAN
‘Studded with invention.’
-THE INDEPENDENT
‘Hunt has packed the story full of intriguing gimmicks… affecting and original.’
- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
‘An inventive, ambitious work, full of wonders and marvels.’
- THE TIMES
‘Hunt's imagination is probably visible from space. He scatters concepts that other writers would mine for a trilogy like chocolate-bar wrappers.’
- TOM HOLT
‘Hunt knows what his audience like and gives it to them with a sardonic wit and carefully developed tension.’
- TIME OUT
'A swaggering, eye-filling, brain-swizzling extravaganza!'
— KIRKUS REVIEWS
'Readers will be entertained and captivated.'
- BOOKLIST
------------------------
FORMAT
Novella - part 3 of a continuing, linked series.
------------------------
AGE ADVISORY
Age 15+ - mild violence and swearing.
------------------------
READ THIS BOOK IF YOU LIKE THESE AUTHORS...
Iain Banks
John le Carré
Lee Child
Bernard Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell
Clive Cussler
Ian Fleming
William Gibson
Robert Harris
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Stieg Larsson
Scott Mariani
James Patterson
Ian Rankin
C. J. Sansom
Alexander McCall Smith
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GENRES
Crime
Thrillers
Mystery
Genre: Mystery
Used availability for Stephen Hunt's In the Company of Ghosts