| The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl Contributor(s): Goss, Theodora (Author), Reading, Kate (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1508280339 ISBN-13: 9781508280330 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio OUR PRICE: $44.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Series: Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club Series, 3 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.1" W x 5.6" (0.70 lbs) |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club race to save Alice--and foil a plot to unseat the Queen, in the electrifying conclusion to the trilogy that began with the Nebula Award finalist and Locus Award-winner The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter.Life's always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when one of their own has been kidnapped After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished--and so has Mary's employer Sherlock Holmes As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock's kidnapping are 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 save England? Find out in the final installment of the fantastic and memorable Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goss, Theodora: - Theodora Goss is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of many publications. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, Seiun, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List. Her work includes 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. She teaches literature and writing at Boston University and in the Stonecoast MFA Program. Reading, Kate: -Kate Reading is an Audie Award-winning narrator and has received dozens of Earphones Awards. She has been named by AudioFile magazine as a "Voice of the Century," as well as the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009 and Best Voice in Biography & Culture in 2010. She is also a theater actor in the Washington, DC, area and has been a member of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 1987. Her work onstage has been recognized by the Helen Hayes Awards Society, among others. |