Title: Jackaby
Description: *“Miss Rook, I am not an occultist,” Jackaby said. “I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion--and there are many illusions. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.”*

Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial killer is on the loose. The police are convinced it’s an ordinary villain, but Jackaby is certain it’s a nonhuman creature, whose existence the police--with the exception of a handsome young detective named Charlie Cane--deny.

Doctor Who meets Sherlock in William Ritter’s debut novel, which features a detective of the paranormal as seen through the eyes of his adventurous and intelligent assistant in a tale brimming with cheeky humor and a dose of the macabre.
Subjects: Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Murder, fiction, Supernatural, fiction, New england, fiction, Extrasensory perception, fiction, Animals, mythical, fiction, Criminals, fiction, Private investigators, Clairvoyance, Imaginary creatures, History, Fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, Serial murder investigation, Serial killers, Mythical Animals, Murder, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, Juvenile fiction, Mystery fiction, Supernatural, Serial murderers, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure
Places: New England
Time periods: 1890s