"The Spiritualists and the Detectives" by Allan Pinkerton is a compilation of late 1800's mystery stories that mix crime with the then-popular spiritualism movement. Right in the heart of the story is Lilly Nettleton, a young woman whose passions pull her into a web of tricky plot twists and difficult morals choices. Starting off in the peaceful town of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Nettleton family enjoys a calm existence until a young preacher named Rev. Mr. Bland shows up and steals Lilly's heart. She starts a risky relationship with him that pushes her down a path of big dreams and lies. The book builds upon Lilly’s change and the drama as Pinkerton, the main detective, looks into how spiritualism affects the shady parts of society, untangling human nature and exposing the falseness hiding behind the attraction of the spiritualist movement.
The Spiritualists and the Detectives
By Allan Pinkerton
In a world where spirits and secrets intertwine, a determined detective follows a trail of deceit, set in motion by a forbidden love.
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About the AuthorAllan Pinkerton was a Scottish-American cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War, he provided the Union Army – specifically General George B. McClellan of the Army of the Potomac – with military intelligence, including extremely inaccurate enemy troop strength numbers. After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder.
Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish-American cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War, he provided the Union Army – specifically General George B. McClellan of the Army of the Potomac – with military intelligence, including extremely inaccurate enemy troop strength numbers. After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder.
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