The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
Oct 2019 · The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club Book 3 · Simon and Schuster
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The Locus Award–winning historical fantasy series “ends on a high note” as a team of female sleuths foil a plot to unseat the Queen (Kirkus Reviews).
Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club . . . especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades, Mary Jekyll and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished—and so has their friend and employer Sherlock Holmes!
As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock’s abduction is only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friends—and the Empire?
In the final volume of the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” in a starred review, the women of the Athena Club will embrace their monstrous pasts to create their own destinies.
Praise for book 1 of the trilogy, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter:
“[The characters] are just as much fun as their fictional fathers, and like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, their talents play off against one other.” —The Wall Street Journal
“A swiftly paced, immaculately plotted mystery full of winning characters you always thought you knew, as well as ones you would never have imagined.” —NPR
“A delightful romp through Victorian gothic literature, with a decidedly feminist slant.” —Library Journal
“A crackling conspiracy adventure and a colorful portrait of Victorian London.” —The Chicago Tribune
Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club . . . especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades, Mary Jekyll and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished—and so has their friend and employer Sherlock Holmes!
As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock’s abduction is only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friends—and the Empire?
In the final volume of the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” in a starred review, the women of the Athena Club will embrace their monstrous pasts to create their own destinies.
Praise for book 1 of the trilogy, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter:
“[The characters] are just as much fun as their fictional fathers, and like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, their talents play off against one other.” —The Wall Street Journal
“A swiftly paced, immaculately plotted mystery full of winning characters you always thought you knew, as well as ones you would never have imagined.” —NPR
“A delightful romp through Victorian gothic literature, with a decidedly feminist slant.” —Library Journal
“A crackling conspiracy adventure and a colorful portrait of Victorian London.” —The Chicago Tribune
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4.5
11 reviews
About the author
Theodora Goss is the World Fantasy Award–winning author of many publications, including the short story collection In the Forest of Forgetting; Interfictions, a short story anthology coedited with Delia Sherman; Voices from Fairyland, a poetry anthology with critical essays and a selection of her own poems; The Thorn and the Blossom, a novella in a two-sided accordion format; and the poetry collection Songs for Ophelia; and the novels, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, and The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, Seiun, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List, and her work has been translated into eleven languages. She teaches literature and writing at Boston University and in the Stonecoast MFA Program. Visit her at TheodoraGoss.com.
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