The Spiritglass Charade

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. </strong><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood so to speak.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>After the Affair of the Clockwork Scarab Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes are eager to help Princess Alix with a new case. Seventeen-year-old Willa Aston is obsessed with spiritual mediums convinced she is speaking with her mother from beyond the grave. What seems like a case of spiritualist fraud quickly devolves into something far more menacing: someone is trying to make Willa appear lunatic using an innocent-looking spiritglass to control her. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The list of clues piles up: an unexpected murder a gang of pickpockets and the return of vampires to London. But are these events connected?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>As Uncle Sherlock would say there are no coincidences. It will take all of Mina's wit and Evaline's muscle to keep London's sinister underground at bay...</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)></em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This book has it all...the vivid setting and the finely drawn compelling heroines make this a fine choice for readers who like their stories with steampunk spice and smart strong women. </em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>-School Library Journal</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The mishmash of popular tropes (steampunk! Vampires! Sherlock Holmes!) will bring readers in but it's the friendship between the two girls that will keep them.</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> -Kirkus Reviews</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The author's writing exudes energy romance and humor and she gives her heroines strong vibrant personalities as they puzzle out the expansive mystery unfolding before them.</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> -Publishers Weekly</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>If Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sherlock Holmes ever met this book would be the result. If you loved 'Nancy Drew' or 'The Hardy Boys' as a kid you're going to love this sci-fi/fantasy mystery series.</em><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> -SLJ Teen</span></p>