Emily Midorikawa

Exquisitely written and utterly compelling - SUSAN BARKER The soul of a stylish mystery and the pace of an old-fashioned thriller - MOHAMMED HANIF Elegant, edgy and cinematic - EMMA CLAIRE SWEENEY Anna has never met anyone like the enigmatic Loll: a British hostess at the Moonglow bar, in the Japanese city of Osaka. While Anna teaches bored students by...

Queen Victoria's reign was an era of breathtaking social change, but it did little to create a platform for women to express themselves. However, within the social sphere of the séance—a mysterious, lamp-lit world on both sides of the Atlantic—women who craved a public voice could hold their own. Out of the Shadows tells the stories of the enterprising women...

Exquisitely written and utterly compelling — SUSAN BARKER The soul of a stylish mystery and the pace of an old-fashioned thriller — MOHAMMED HANIF Elegant, edgy and cinematic — EMMA CLAIRE SWEENEY Anna has never met anyone like the enigmatic Loll: a British hostess at the Moonglow bar, in the Japanese city of Osaka. While Anna teaches bored students by...