num_pages: 424
description: The Deathsniffers Assistant is a fantasy novel with a unique pseudo-Edwardian setting and a murder mystery twist. Whats not to love about floating castles eccentric lady detectives and a protagonist who judges everyone by the quality of their shoes!After losing his parents in the Floating Castle Incident the sensitive and mannered Chris Buckley has spent six years raising his magically talented little sister Rosemary. They have been living on the savings that his once-wealthy family left behind. That money is drying up and Chris finds himself with no choice but to seek out work in Darrington City as it spirals into a depression. The only employer willing to consider his empty rsum is O. Faraday the manic Deathsniffer. Faraday's special magical gift is a heightened intuition which is invaluable in hunting down murderers.When a Duchess calls on Olivia to solve the mystery of her dead husband Chris finds himself tangled in Faradays daily life and unable to extract himself from the macabre questions of the investigation. His involvement grows more complicated as political forces close around Rosemary. They only see her as a tool that can be used to end the depression at the cost of her freedomor even her life. Chris must juggle the question of who killed Viktor val Daren with the responsibility of keeping Rosemary and her magic safe from those who would use her up and toss her aside. Worst of all he begins to learn that the national disaster that took his parents lives may not have been the accident it seemed.Set in a world very similar to 1900s London The Deathsniffers Assistant combines the investigative murder mystery with a tale of personal and societal redemption. It is about the relationships between broken people who clash more often than not but manage to shape and learn from one another in spite of this. The story is told from the perspective of Christopher Buckley young and impressionable and influenced by the prejudices of his time as he finds himself surrounded by a cast of exceptional women whose differing characters will slowly reconstruct his understanding of strength in othersand in himself.
language: English
title: The Deathsniffer's Assistant
publisher: Curiosity Quills Press