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by - written on 16/04/07 (Very useful, 128 readings)
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When a young and beautiful medium is murdered in 1902 Vienna Detective Inspector, Oskar Rheinhardt is called in to investigate. He finds the case baffling, not only was the body found in a room locked from the inside with no other means of entry, there also doesn't seem to be any means by which the murder could've taken place. When an internally locked box is also found containing a small statuette of an ancient Egyptian god speculation starts that the death might have been due to supernatural forces. Was the medium Miss Lowenstein dabbling in the dark arts summoning demons, which then led to her death? Did the members of her séance group have anything to do with her ... Read the complete review
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