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    A Tremble in the Air
    A Tremble in the Air
    A Tremble in the Air
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    A Tremble in the Air

    By James D. Macdonald

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    "The standout, James D. Macdonald's 'A Tremble in the Air,' introduces a psychic detective, Orville Nesbit, who's clearly heir to the tradition of such sleuths as Algernon Blackwood's John Silence and who deserves to live on in further tales."
    -- Publishers Weekly +++ If you liked this story, Orville Nesbit investigates another case in "Ecdysis" by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames D. Macdonald
    Release dateApr 6, 2011
    ISBN9781458102850
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      A Tremble in the Air - James D. Macdonald

      A Tremble in the Air

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      A Tremble in the Air

      Copyright 2004 by James D. Macdonald

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      A Tremble in the Air

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      James D. Macdonald

      Mrs. Roger Collins stood in the visiting room of her home. Mansion would have been a better word. The sun shone in through a bay window flanked by French doors. Filmy drapes kept the sun from bleaching the delicate cloth on the circular table in the center of the room. Spiced air from the gardens gently wafted in.

      Mrs. Collins was expecting her friend Mrs. Frederick Baxter. She had something she wanted to talk to Shirley about. Last night the strangest thing happened. Mary Collins had know for years that the house was haunted, because there was a window on the second floor that would not stay closed if it wasn't locked. But last night, in the misty dark of twilight, while entering the upstairs guest bedroom, she saw the translucent shape of a young lady, and the apparition looked at her and she felt—

      Mary, dear!

      It was Shirley, being shown in by Mr. Collins. Mr. Collins had retired at the end of the Great War, and he had been very helpful during his wife's recent illness.

      Mary had the tea things ready, and the tea itself, a nice oolong with a great deal of milk and sugar, occupied their time along with

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