Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you’re the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood, so to speak. After the Affair of the Clockwork Scarab, Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes are eager to help Princess Alix with a new case. Seventeen-year-old Willa Aston is obsessed with spiritual mediums, … spiritual mediums, convinced she is speaking with her mother from beyond the grave. What seems like a case of spiritualist fraud quickly devolves into something far more menacing: someone is trying to make Willa appear lunatic using an innocent-looking spiritglass to control her. The list of clues piles up: an unexpected murder, a gang of pickpockets, and the return of vampires to London. But are these events connected?
As Uncle Sherlock would say, there are no coincidences. It will take all of Mina’s wit and Evaline’s muscle to keep London’s sinister underground at bay.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book…I have both the Kindle and Audible versions so I was able to sync them. The Narrator is excellent and absolutely added to the well written story. I love reading anything that is Holmesian, Steampunk or has vampires—this mashup of all three with STRONG women protagonists is wonderful. I almost forgot time …
Stoker and Holmes are amazing!!!
Mina Holmes, and Evaline Stoker are on another mission, this time from the princess. This time they are investigating strange occurrences surrounding a Miss Ashton. Her brother has recently disappeared, and deceased mother is appearing to her pleading for her help. While investigating Evaline picks up the trail of the real, actual vampires. Dylan …
Spiritualism Scam
Teen – adult
No sex
No harsh language
2nd book in series – it could probably be enjoyed without having read the first one.
Action violence – not gory
Setting: Steampunk England, Victorian era
Main characters, Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker are asked to investigate seances being conducted for a young girl named Willa whose …
I liked the first book in the series but this was “meh.”
While these certainly aren’t my favorite series, they are well-written and enjoyable.
Sherlock Holmes’ niece and Brahm Stoker’s younger sister join forces to solve mysteries in a steam punk setting. Fun to read, enjoyable characters that become more fleshed out and we’ll rounded with each book in the series; this is book 1.
The characters are refreshingly unique and the story keeps you guessing.
Any fans of Victorian fiction will enjoy this YA steampunk adventure featuring The niece of Sherlock Holmes and a relative of the Dracula protagonist John Harker.
These girls fight crime and vampires on the gaslit streets of London.