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341 pp.
| Algonquin |
August, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-61620-579-9$17.95
(2)
YA
In summer 1892, paranormal detective R. F. Jackaby and employee Abigail Rook (Jackaby; Beastly Bones) search "the gritty underbelly" of fictional New Fiddleham for clues linking recent murders to a decade-old death. Inventors and engineers, as well as a vampire, a nixie, giants, and other supernatural creatures, all figure in Ritter's latest glorious fusion of detective novel, ghost story, and fantasy.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2016