The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Author: Theodora Goss 
Publisher: Saga Press
Publication Date: June 2017
Reviews:
*Publishers Weekly (Starred): "A tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight."
*Liz Bourke: "An enormously accomplished delight of a book...a brilliant novel."
Mary Jekyll,
alone and penniless following her parents’ death, quickly finds herself drawn
into the secrets of her father’s mysterious past. A clue leads her to believe
that Edward Hyde, her father’s former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and
there still is a reward for information leading to his capture…a reward which
would solve all of her immediate financial woes.
But her hunt
leads her not to Edward Hyde but to Diana, his daughter, a near 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 gathers around
her more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying
experimentation: Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherine 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 soon arrive on their
doorstep as well, and now it is up to the five of them to stop the malicious
machinations of the Société des Alchimistes. Quite simply, it is time for the
monsters to triumph over the monstrous.
Category:Best Novel