Archer Coe and the way of the dusty death

Archer Coe, master hypnotist, is back to performing by day and consulting for the rich and influential by night. Most of his cases are mundanesave his most recent, which ended in quite a few deathsand thats what Archer expects from his newest client, heiress Nicolette Hardy. Her mothers untimely death has sent her father into a deep depression, and a self-proclaimed mystic, Jane Collins, has taken advantage of his grief by promising him an audience with his dead wife. Archer knows Jane, and he believes shes a fraud. But he has trouble convincing Nicolettes father, and as strange happenings unfold around him, Archer soon has trouble convincing himself. Its clear Jane holds some powerbut its also clear that Jane has no idea how much. Will Archer save Jane and the Hardys before her power becomes uncontrollable? Or will this case be his final curtain?