Things in Jars: A Novel by Jess Kidd 400 pages
Bridie (Bridget) Devine is a corncob pipe smoking Irish female known for her skills at locating people and things. Having grown up in a life she prefers to forget Bridie was prized for her surgical skills at the age of 7 and her scientific mind that kept her from being squeamish. Even though she meets a fellow Irshman in a cemetery who happens to be transparent she isn't afraid of him and they actually become friends. Bridie is brought in on a case of a missing child that is rumored to be monstrously deformed and may have been taken by rabble hoping to sell her to a high society collector of oddities for a huge price. The story is a good one and Jess Kidd is an excellent writer who draws you in from page one to the end. I recommend this book to everyone from Middle School on up.
- Shirley J.
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