The Last Seance

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Summary

Genre: Supernatural

Format: Short Story

Synopsis

Raoul Daubreuil insists his fiancé give up her activities as a talented and successful medium when they marry. However, he agrees to attend what is to be her last séance with Madame Exe. But even Raoul can’t foresee the tragedy ahead.

This story was first published in the UK in 1926 in Ghost Stories magazine. In the US it was published in 1927 in The Sovereign Magazine under the title The Stolen Ghost. It contains one of Christie’s recurring themes – that of the psychic. This short story was published in 1933, in The Hound of Death and Other Stories. It is also published in Double Sin and Other Stories in the US.

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