The Isolated Séance
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- 10,99 €
Publisher Description
The first in a gripping new Victorian mystery series set in London from critically acclaimed author Jeri Westerson.
Watch out, Sherlock! Introducing one-time Baker Street Irregular Timothy Badger and his partner-in-crime Benjamin Watson, two exciting and unconventional young consulting detectives, mentored by the great man himself, tackling intriguing and unusual cases in Victorian London with endearing verve and wit.
Sherlock Holmes's protégés Tim Badger and Benjamin Watson are catapulted into a tricky first case when a man is brutally murdered during a séance.
London, 1895. Former Baker Street Irregular Tim Badger is determined to follow in the footsteps of his great mentor, Sherlock Holmes, by opening his own consulting detective agency with his partner, Benjamin Watson. The intrepid duo are ready to make a name for themselves . . . if only they had clients!
Their luck changes when Sherlock recommends his protégés to Thomas Brent. Brent is eager to find out who killed his master, Horace Quinn, during a séance at Quinn's house. What was Quinn desperately trying to find out from his deceased business partner, Stephen Latimer, before he was stabbed through the heart?
It seems that everyone in Quinn's household had a reason to want him dead. Can Tim and Benjamin step out of Sherlock's shadow to navigate dark secrets and unexpected dangers in their pursuit of a cold-blooded killer?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Westerson (Courting Dragons) gets a new series off to a dull start with an entry that lacks the originality in the author's previous historical mysteries. In 1895, 26-year-old Tim Badger, a former member of Sherlock Holmes's Baker Street Irregulars, is struggling to make a go of it as a private investigator with his partner, only coincidentally named Benjamin Watson, a Black former chemist's assistant. Their fortunes change when a murder suspect hires them to clear his name. Servant Thomas Brent is suspected of fatally stabbing his employer, Horace Quinn, in Quinn's London home during a séance. Quinn was attempting to communicate with his deceased business partner, but during the ceremony, the room went dark and someone used the opportunity to stab Quinn to death. Badger and Watson pursue multiple suspects to exonerate their client, but Westerson doesn't make the detectives more than stereotypes and fails to suspend disbelief: a veteran Scotland Yarder mistakes a throwing knife for a letter opener; it's never explained why Holmes let Badger, his ostensible protégé, barely scrape by for five years before suddenly offering to set him and Watson up in a fully staffed home of their own. Sherlockians interested in Holmes-adjacent sleuths would be better served by the superior Enola Holmes series.
