Ghouls, ghosts and a good old-fashioned whodunit in THE SÉANCE OF BLAKE MANOR

The ingredients of a classic crime novel

When Mia McKenna-Bruce was offered the chance to play spirited young detective Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent alongside Martin Freeman’s Superintendent Battle, she jumped at the chance. But she wasn’t jum

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