| The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Contributor(s): Goss, Theodora (Author), Reading, Kate (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1508279403 ISBN-13: 9781508279402 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio OUR PRICE: $44.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Historical - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, 1 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.7" W x 5.6" (0.45 lbs) |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2018 Audie Award Finalist Based on some of literature's horror and science fiction classics, this is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a series of gruesome murders--and the bigger mystery of their own origins.Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capture...a reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the assistance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mary continues her search for the elusive Hyde, and soon befriends more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying experimentation: Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherin Moreau, and Justine Frankenstein. When their investigations lead them to the discovery of a secret society of immoral and power-crazed scientists, the horrors of their past return. Now it is up to the monsters to finally triumph over the monstrous. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goss, Theodora: - Theodora Goss is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of many publications. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, Seiun, and Mythopoeic Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List. Her work includes 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. She teaches literature and writing at Boston University and in the Stonecoast MFA Program. Reading, Kate: -Kate Reading is an Audie Award-winning narrator and has received dozens of Earphones Awards. She has been named by AudioFile magazine as a Voice of the Century, as well as the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009 and Best Voice in Biography & Culture in 2010. She is also a theater actor in the Washington, DC, area and has been a member of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 1987. Her work onstage has been recognized by the Helen Hayes Awards Society, among others. |