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The curious affair of the somnambulist & the psychic thief: (from the casebooks of Jesperson & Lane)

✍ Scribed by Lisa Tuttle

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group;Hydra
Year: 2017
Tongue: en-US
Weight: 233 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 0399182195

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✦ Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes meets Penny Dreadful in the debut of a delightful Victorian-era fantasy series from Campbell Award winner and George R. R. Martin collaborator Lisa Tuttle.
To solve some mysteries, one must embrace the impossible.
Has there ever been a more unlikely pair of consulting detectives than Jesperson and Lane? They certainly make a striking duo: Mr. Jasper Jesperson, with his shock of red hair and seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of all subjects—save common sense—and Miss Lane, whose logical mind is matched only by her fascination with psychic phenomena.
Their talents are rare . . . as are their customers. So when Jesperson and Lane are hired to track the nocturnal wanderings of a sleepwalking London business owner, they're simply happy to be working again. The case begins as a window into the séances and other supernatural parlor games that are so popular these days, and takes a sinister turn as the intrepid...

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