Blurb:
The Hanged Man is the first book all-new Gaslamp Fantasy
series by P. N. Elrod.
On a freezing Christmas Eve in 1879, a forensic psychic
reader is summoned from her Baker Street lodgings to the scene of a
questionable death. Alexandrina Victoria Pendlebury (named after her godmother,
the current Queen of England) is adamant that the death in question is a
magically compromised murder and not a suicide, as the police had assumed,
after the shocking revelation contained by the body in question, Alex must put
her personal loss aside to uncover the deeper issues at stake, before more
bodies turn up.
Turning to some choice allies—the handsome, prescient
Lieutenant Brooks, the brilliant, enigmatic Lord Desmond, and her rapscallion
cousin James—Alex will have to marshal all of her magical and mental acumen to
save Queen and Country from a shadowy threat. Our singular heroine is caught up
in this rousing gaslamp adventure of cloaked assassins, meddlesome family, and
dark magic.
My review:
Alexandrina Victoria Pendlebury is a talented member of Her
Majesty's Psychic Service, a travelled and independent young woman. Her
relatives sneer at her because she’s “in trade” yet she is useful and very good
at what she does. Even the mundane cops like her because she uses her brains
and eyes as well as her gift.
Not knowing what a gaslamp adventure was I was thrilled to
enjoy this thrilling tale of murder, mystery and magic. I plan to play in this playground
for a while. For those like me who don’t know what a gaslamp adventure is this
book is steampunk light, an alternative history and psychic sleuthing with a
tiny bit of romance thrown in for flavor. I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of
mystery and intrigue. Though this book was almost 12 hours long I was unable to
stop listening.
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