Gilda Joyce

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Gilda Joyce
Author Jennifer Allison
Cover artist Greg Swearingen
Country United States
Language English
SeriesGilda Joyce
Genre Children's Mystery novel
Publisher Dutton Children's Books
Publication date
July 2005
Media typePrint (Hardback)

Gilda Joyce is a mystery novel series written by Jennifer Allison, published by Dutton Children's Books. According to Allison, the idea for the story of Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator first emerged while she was living in San Francisco and had recently been laid off from a "dot com". She wanted to write stories like the ones that had most moved her in her youth. [1]

Contents

Gilda Joyce is a psychic investigator, a spy and an undercover reporter, who solves mysteries of the supernatural using a Ouija board, her wits and her Masters Psychic Handbook, seeking the answer to various mysteries, such as solving a mysterious death, and discovering the secrets of the cryptic society of the Ladies of the Lake.

The Gilda Joyce books have been translated into German, Chinese and other languages. [2]

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Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator

Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake

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