The second death of Edie and Violet Bond
(Book)

Seventeen-year-old twins--and powerful mediums--Edie and Violet Bond are part of a Spiritualist show, a tight-knit group of young women who express unladylike talents and opinions under the guise of communing with spirits, but when the dark spirit responsible for their mother's death crosses into the land of the living, the twins race against time to uncover a killer who will stop at nothing to cheat death.

Edie and Violet Bond know the truth about death. The seventeen-year-old twins are powerful mediums, just like their motherViolet can open the veil between life and death, and Edie can cross into the spirit world. But their abilities couldnt save them when their mother died and their father threatened to commit them to a notorious asylum. Now runaways, Edie and Violet are part of a traveling Spiritualist show, a tight-knit group of young women who demonstrate their real talents under the guise of communing with spirits. Each night, actresses, poets, musicians, and orators all make contact with spirits who happen to have something to say. . . notions that young ladies could never openly express. But when Violets act goes terribly wrong one night, Edie learns that the dark spirit responsible for their mothers death has crossed into the land of the living. As they investigate the identity of her mysterious final client, they realize that someone is hunting mediums&and they may be next.Only by trusting in one another can the twins uncover a killer who will stop at nothing to cheat death.

Ages 12-17.,Union Square & Co.

830L,Lexile