From Goodreads
Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism in the form of seances that attempt to contact the spirits of loved ones lost at sea.
William is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sat around the circle something happens that places 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?
This early 20th century gothic set in Northern Ireland contains all the mystery and intrigue one might expect from a Sarah Waters novel. Deftly plotted with echoes of The Woman in Black, readers will be thrilled to discover West’s chilling prose.
Based on the true story of William Jackson Crawford and famed medium Kathleen Goligher, and with a cast of characters that include Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, The Spirit Engineer conjures a haunting tale that will keep readers guessing until the very end.
My thoughts
I grabbed a copy of this from my local Library and it sat at home for some time before I got round to reading it.
Based on real people and a real event this is a book that I am not sure how I kept reading really. I found it a slow read at times and I wasn't really sure what was happening at times. Maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind for it at the time that I read it. Spiritualism is something that you either believe or don't believe in, it features in this story quite heavily. William Jackson Crawford was a man of science and was a sceptic, but the events of one evening make him begin to doubt his original views. Can he have had a turn of heart?
The story did have me guessing as to whether or not events where actually happening for real or not for the characters.
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