"I can't imagine a cozier new book for fans of classic mysteries to curl up with as winter looms, and sincerely hope this book finds its way into many a mystery-lover's stocking as Yuletide approaches" - The Frumious Consortium "If you're a fan of the brusque detective novel and a lover of slow burns, this book is for you...I highly recommend it!" - Her Campus "a perfect blend of mystery and speculative fiction" - Risingshadow "compelling and inherently fascinating" -Midwest Book Review "an outstanding, exciting mystery story, worthy of a place next to the greats, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, etc" 4.5* - Pop Mythology "an ample serving of curiosity and cleverness, and a side of the supernatural" - Borg.com "writing so familiar that you could imagine Conan Doyle penning it himself" - The Crime Review "one of James Lovegrove's talents seems to be creating the atmosphere of Holmes from Doyle's writing" - pop.edit.lit "Lovegrove has a great grasp of Holmesian language as well as how 1890's London and its environs worked...it feels like a natural extension after reading Doyle's work" - Girl Who Reads "always more than a Sherlockian romp, though what an exciting, well-paced, often humorous, arguably Gothic romp it is" - Reviewing the Evidence
Biografía del autor
James Lovegrove is the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin. He was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004, and also reviews fiction for the Financial Times. He is the author of Firefly: Big Damn Hero with Nancy Holder and Firefly: The Magnificent Nine, and several Sherlock Holmes novels for Titan Books. He lives in south-east England.