The Mesmerist -- Caroline Woods, Hardcover Young Adult Social Situations Healing from the abuse of

Healing from the abuse of authority

Young people in this age group are poised to learn

indecisive

offering cryptic wisdom

Peter Barnett is rapidly approaching 40 with little to show for it when a mysterious letter invites him to Maple Bay and the mansion his estranged family has called home for generations

The Mesmerist -- Caroline Woods, Hardcover Young Adult Social Situations Healing from the abuse ofAN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR A tightly plotted page turner ripped from the headlines of history, as three very different women must work together to stop a killer and save the truest home they've ever known. Before hypnotism, there was Mesmerism. And in 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial crisis, spiritualism of every stripe is all the rage, and women are dying under mysterious circumstances. But until a new guest lands at the Bethany