**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 consulti
The Curious Affair of the Somnambulist & the Psychic Thief
β Scribed by Lisa Tuttle
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ 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 subjectsβsave common senseβand 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 sΓ©ances and other supernatural parlor games that are so popular these days, and takes a sinister turn as the intrepid...
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