Memphis emerged from an illness at age 14 with the ability to heal people.Įvie becomes friends with Theta, a Ziegfeld dancer in her building. He also has nightmares as terrifying and cryptic as Evie’s. Memphis dreams of making his mark in the world as a writer, and he often does his writing in a cemetery. Since the death of their mother and abandonment by their father, Memphis and his beloved younger brother, Isaiah, live with their Aunt Octavia. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Memphis Campbell runs numbers for the superstitious residents of Harlem. Evie uses her supernatural abilities to get information from the deceased victims.

When the police ask Will to lend his insight into a string of gory ritual murders, Evie, Sam and Jericho help out. Evie tries to help Uncle Will and his assistant, Jericho, drum up publicity. She learns her uncle’s business, The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition and the Occult, is facing bankruptcy. When Evie arrives in New York, she’s wooed and pick-pocketed by a handsome young man named Sam Lloyd. She hopes the new surroundings will distract her from her vivid nightmares and her strange, disturbing ability to read people’s histories by touching their personal items. Her pen pal, Mabel, lives in Uncle Will’s building, so Evie will have a partner in crime. She can’t wait to take in the bustling city with its jazz, speakeasies and shows. When 17-year-old Evie’s gin-induced shenanigans threaten to disgrace the family name, her parents send her to stay with Uncle Will in New York.

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