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Paranormal
(Fic)
Spirit of Earth
by Arline Chase


Jill Abercrombie, in the throes of her doppleganger-accompanied visions, tugs at our heartstrings as we join her almong the bouts of her scatterplot clairvoyance, a psychic curse which she is desperate to use to help her detective brother, Jack. We feel for Jill as her entire family is less than sympathetic to her plight, and we admire Jack for being the one family member who understands she was born with a "gift" she cannot help. A murder in Baltimore. A volcano in Martinique. What could possibly be the connection? "Sounds interesting!"

Prologue
A Champaigne Life

July 14, 1901

“It’s not the champagne!”� Showgirl Eliza Hammond whirled around and danced down the street, while her escort hurried after her. “I’m alive with power and getting higher by the day. I’ve got ’em right where I want ’em, hon, and I’m gonna be sooooo rich! Not a thing they can do but pay me off, either. From now on, I’m going to have fun. And never a worry ahead.”�

“Champagne, my foot!”� The gentlem...



Chapter 1
A Premonition of Evil

Chapter One

A Premonition of Evil

Mid-August, 1901

Jillian Abercrombie stared across the morning room at her older brother, Jack, who whistled as he poured almost-cold coffee at the sideboard. Their parents’ newly purchased home on Eutaw Place was much larger than the old one, and boasted a ballroom upstairs, a music room with pocket doors that opened from the drawing room, a billiard room that did the same, and a two-story cast iron and glass conservatory at the back. With a big ...



Chapter Two
Interlude with a Kept Woman

Chapter Two

Interlude with a Kept Woman

In her house on Threadneedle Street, Zoë Styles watched in the three-way mirror of her vanity, while three reflections of Johnny Abercrombie put on their pants. The room was large, but still crowded, because the wide bed had a huge old-fashioned canopy. A secretary desk and a slipper chair had been added to the usual bedroom furniture. She wondered what the man who kept her would think if he knew about her romp between the sheets with one of Baltimore&...



Chapter 3
Two Lawyers with a Nefarious Scheme

Chapter 3

Two Lawyers with a Nefarious Scheme

In Johnny Abercrombie’s office, Emory Fulton stared at the rows of figures Johnny had asked him to prepare for their meeting with Curtis Glen, who was chairman of the expansion committee for the B&O. “If you let him sign those long-term contracts with Buckland Shipping, we’re doomed. You’re giving them a rate below our current cost.” Fulton wore thick spectacles and a thin mustache. He had taken off his coat and s...




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