A Clockwork Scarab: A Stoker and Holmes Novel, Book 1, by Colleen Gleason
Strong young-women heroines, friendship, bravery, mystery-solving, and romance in Steampunk Victorian England? Yes, please!
Colleen Gleason takes several well-established tropes and blends them together to get something fresh and kick-ass.
Sherlock Holmes's niece, Mina and the Bram Stoker’s sister, Eveline are brought together to solve a mystery involving a steam-punk Egyptian mechanized scarab. Holmes has the logic, Stoker has the passion. They must overcome their rivalry and learn to trust each other to save the day.
The set up is genious, but it's the friendship at the heart of this story, as dynamic as any love affair, that keeps you listening.
Colleen Gleason is the NEW YORK TIMES and USA Today bestselling author of the Gardella Vampire Chronicles. I'm so glad she turned her imagination to Steampunk.
Narrated By Jayne Entwhistle with whom I could happily spend hours. I love her zesty characterizations of Mina and Eveline.
--Willow Pennell
