A Symphony of Echoes

Name: A Symphony of Echoes
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Jodi Taylor
ISBN: 9781472273987

Author: Jodi Taylor

Series: Chronicles of St. Mary's #2

Narrator: Zara Ramm

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 12/10/2020

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The second book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.

Wherever the historians go, chaos is sure to follow...

Dispatched to Victorian London to seek out Jack the Ripper, things go badly wrong when he finds the St Mary's historians first. Stalked through the fog-shrouded streets of Whitechapel, Max is soon running for her life. Again.

And that's just the start. Max finds herself in a race against time when an old enemy is intent on destroying St Mary's. An enemy willing, if necessary, to destroy History itself.

From the Hanging Gardens of Nineveh to the murder of Thomas a Becket, via an unscheduled dodo rescue mission, join the historians of St Mary's as they hurtle around History on more hilarious, hair-raising escapades

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About Jodi Taylor

LOSE TRACK OF TIME IN THE WORLD OF JODI TAYLORJodi Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of over twenty-five novels and more short stories that you can shake a stick at.Her Chronicles of St Mary's series follows a bunch of disaster-prone individuals who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel! She is also the author of the Time Police books. Set in the same world as St Mary's, this spinoff charts the highs and lows of an all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the Timeline straight no matter what the cost. Efficient and disciplined, obviously they're nothing like St Mary's. Except when they are.In 2024, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal accidentally grew from a short story to a full-length novel, revealing the origin story of two beloved characters who feature in both series.Jodi is also known for her gripping supernatural thrillers featuring the mysterious Elizabeth Cage together with the enchanting Frogmorton Farm series - a fairy story for adults.Born in Bristol and now living in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to the dismay of family, teachers and employers, before finally deciding to put all that daydreaming to good use and write a book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Choko on June 09, 2022

*** 4.25 *** Second read and I actually enjoyed it even better!!! The Dodos still win the day though 😊😊😊 *** 3.75 *** A buddy read with the MacHalo Freaks! Let's go back in History!!! "...“In this century, as in any other, men wore the comfortable, practical stuff, and the women wandered round expiri......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 10, 2017

This second book still reads like an amazingly light-voiced opera of death, time-mystery, and casual sex... in other words, a great time-travel SF. :) Seriously though, her treatment of cars makes me wonder if they'll wind up going the way of the Dodos. Minus the Cucumber Sandwiches. :) I preferred t......more

Goodreads review by Trish on September 30, 2017

So after a good night's sleep and a big hot mug of tea (yeah, I prefer mugs to St. Mary's typical nice and flowery china), I have now sorted my thoughts. This second volume was very interesting and fast-paced again, the characters amicable as ever and the events laced with wonderful historical tidbi......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on June 04, 2016

Also fun for most of the proceedings. I liked the back 40% or so the best. It's sort of clear that partly the issue Taylor's plotting is kind of just happening as the story happens and things occur to her. Which makes everything feel fairly gloriously spontaneous, but also means she doesn't consider......more

Goodreads review by Uhtred on January 20, 2021

"A Symphony of Echoes" is the sequel to "Just One Damned Thing After Another", the second book starring Madeleine Maxwell, aka Max. I liked the first book a lot (if you want, you can see my review) and so I wanted to read this second book as well. They are books that I would define as History-Fictio......more