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The Missing Mummies
Jesperson and Lane (Related to this series)
- Author
- Lisa Tuttle
- Narrator
- Candida Gubbins
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 4 January 2024
- Run Time
- 12 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Should you find yourself in need of a discreet investigation into any sort of mystery, call on Jesperson and Lane . . . 'Arthur Conan Doyle would have approved,' says George R.R. Martin
Miss Lane is puzzled by Jasper Jesperson's interest in what seems a very minor theft -possibly even a prank - from the storerooms at the British Museum. But London in the 1890s is rife with secret organisations, cults and individuals eager to acquire some of the legendary magic of ancient Egypt. The deeper the two detectives dig, the more hidden crimes they uncover, and the higher the death toll mounts. And at the centre of it all is the 'Mystery Mummy' recently acquired by the museum.
'Tuttle does a lovely job of putting us back in the foggy streets of Victorian London' George R.R. Martin, author of The Game of Thrones
Are the deaths and madness truly caused by a mummy's curse? Or is there a scheming, living villain to be apprehended?
'A most engaging detective duo' Mark Douglas Home, author of The Sea Detective and The Woman Who Walked Into The Sea
Jesperson and Lane, with their experience of past investigations involving psychic phenomena and supernatural events as well as ordinary human criminality, are surely best placed to find the truth.
Jesperson and Lane, at your service.
(P)2024 Quercus Editions Limited
Critics Review
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Lisa Tuttle has quietly been writing remarkable, chilling short stories and powerful, haunting novels for many years now, and doing it so easily and so well that one almost takes it, and her, for granted. This would be as big a mistake as not reading Lisa Tuttle
NEIL GAIMAN
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This John W. Campbell Award-winning author remains one of fantasy's best
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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Whether fantasy or science fiction, Tuttle's stories generally centre on derangements within family units. Her touch is deft, chilly, exact
JOHN CLUTE, co-author of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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'One of the SF and fantasy & horror field's most urbane - and much under-appreciated - writers
MAXIM JAKUBOWSKI, LOVE READING
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Sleepwalkers, psychics, and the spirits of the dead (or are they?) make for a heady stew in Lisa Tuttle's The Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief, the first full-length novel about Jasper Jesperson and Miss Lane, a dauntless duo of Victorian detectives first introduced in her stories for Down These Strange Streets and Rogues. They're an entertaining pair, and it's great to see them back in action in a longer work. Here's hoping this is only the first in a long series of Lane and Jesperson adventures. Tuttle does a lovely job of putting us back in the foggy streets of Victorian London in this lively, entertaining blend of murder mystery and supernatural adventure. Arthur Conan Doyle would have approved
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN on The Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief
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A cleverly constructed, swiftly moving and absorbing plot
ParSec Magazine
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Great fun
Concatenation
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A delightful Victorian detective thriller with more than an air of magic and mysticism
SciFi Now
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A well-designed crime story with an interesting premise and enough potential suspects to keep the reader guessing
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Details
- Author
- Lisa Tuttle
- Narrator
- Candida Gubbins
- Duration
- 12 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 January 2024
- ISBN
- 9781529434989
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Fantasy, Historical fantasy, Historical crime and mysteries
Synopsis
Bryant & May meets Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries in this charming Victorian adventure featuring shrieking pits, missing girls, witches and (maybe) a mummy's curse.Should you find yourself in need of a discreet investigation into any sort of mystery, call on Jesperson and Lane . . . 'Arthur Conan Doyle would have approved,' says George R.R. MartinMiss Lane is puzzled by Jasper Jesperson's interest in what seems a very minor theft -possibly even a prank - from the storerooms at the British Museum. But London in the 1890s is rife with secret organisations, cults and individuals eager to acquire some of the legendary magic of ancient Egypt. The deeper the two detectives dig, the more hidden crimes they uncover, and the higher the death toll mounts. And at the centre of it all is the 'Mystery Mummy' recently acquired by the museum.'Tuttle does a lovely job of putting us back in the foggy streets of Victorian London' George R.R. Martin, author of The Game of ThronesAre the deaths and madness truly caused by a mummy's curse? Or is there a scheming, living villain to be apprehended? 'A most engaging detective duo' Mark Douglas Home, author of The Sea Detective and The Woman Who Walked Into The SeaJesperson and Lane, with their experience of past investigations involving psychic phenomena and supernatural events as well as ordinary human criminality, are surely best placed to find the truth.Jesperson and Lane, at your service.(P)2024 Quercus Editions Limited
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