Shirley J. Adult Fiction The daughters of Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, Victor Frankenstein, Giacomo Rappaccini and Dr. Moreau meet and form the Athena Society
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (Book 1 of The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club) 432 pages
Most excellent story of the daughters, natural and created in laboratories, of famous villains in literature. Mary Jekyll, finds herself nearly broke after the death of both her parents and goes on a sleuthing venture to find the infamous Mr. Hyde who has a significant bounty on his head for information as to his whereabouts and capture. Mary sees the answer to all of her problems if she can find him. Her search leads her to much more than she bargained for. This debut novel is an especially good read full of adventure and characters like Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, there is murder and criminals afoot and the chase is on in Victorian England. Such a fun read you will be glad you treated yourself to this one. Fascinating premise well told by the author. I recommend this one to middle-schoolers on up.
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