Author: brynnchapman

Arabella Holmes–yes, daughter of that Holmes–wants to return to her job as a purveyor of abnormal science. She has temporarily been demoted to a botanist, until her love interest, Henry Watson–yes, that Watson–can help her get her less-than-professional outbursts in check.Henry is tired of his new role as doctor, tired of the lack of adventure, and tired of keeping Bella’s escapades out of … the papers. Five girls are missing. Gone from locked rooms in their own houses. Arabella and Henry are called upon to help solve the kidnappings, but all they unearth is more danger. Bella ventures undercover into…

Something is killing the inmates of a 19th-century asylum — and patient 29, a woman with an otherworldly gift of perception, may hold the key. “Exquisitely written… A haunting tale” (New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones).