The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

Name: The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Author: Theodora Goss
ISBN: 9781508280316

Author: Theodora Goss

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 15 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 10/01/2019

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Historical Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club foil a plot to unseat the Queen and race to save one of their own in this electrifying conclusion to the Locus Award winning trilogy that began with The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter.

Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll, and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished—and so has their friend and employer Sherlock Holmes!

As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock’s kidnapping are only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friends—and the Empire?

In the final volume of the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” in a starred review, the women of the Athena Club will embrace their monstrous pasts to create their own destinies.

About Theodora Goss

Theodora Goss is the World Fantasy Award–winning author of many publications, including the short story collection In the Forest of Forgetting; Interfictions, a short story anthology coedited with Delia Sherman; Voices from Fairyland, a poetry anthology with critical essays and a selection of her own poems; The Thorn and the Blossom, a novella in a two-sided accordion format; and the poetry collection Songs for Ophelia; and the novels, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, and The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, Seiun, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List, and her work has been translated into eleven languages. She teaches literature and writing at Boston University and in the Stonecoast MFA Program. Visit her at TheodoraGoss.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Riley

im so sad this series is over 😭 😭 😭......more

Goodreads review by Megan

vlog coming soon. i am too emotional. i REFUSE to believe this is the end......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

Despite what should have been a rather interesting tangent into Alice in Wonderland meets the Mummy with our favorite crew of strong women torn from the pages of Victorian-era penny dreadfuls and classic fantasy literature, this particular book kinda fell flat. Not particularly bad, mind you, and I d......more

Goodreads review by Katie

Reading Vlog & Review: [URL not allowed] I refuse to accept that this series is over. Vehemently. I adore these characters so much. They are my family and live in my heart always. I did not care for this book any where NEAR as much as I loved the first two. This wasn't centered around gothic......more

Quotes

"Narrator Kate Reading's intrepid delivery highlights the Athena Club's intelligence and tenacity as they race to save kidnapped friends—and the world. In this third adventure of Goss's supernatural historical series, brilliant young women with unique powers spring into action when their friends, Alice and Sherlock Holmes, are abducted in a sinister plot. Reading's varied pacing balances the perilous adventure and humor in Goss's storytelling, in which the action is frequently interrupted by comments from club members. Reading's characterizations evoke the humanity of challenging characters and illuminate the shared history and strong bonds between the friends. New fans of this series might enjoy this as a stand-alone, while returning listeners will be delighted by the ongoing exploits."