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Things in Jars

By: Jess Kidd
Narrated by: Jacqueline Milne
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Things in Jars is an enchanting Victorian detective novel that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times, from Costa Award winner and twice BBC Radio 2 Book Club author Jess Kidd.

London, 1863. Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age, is taking on her toughest case yet. Reeling from her last job and with her reputation in tatters, a remarkable puzzle has come her way. Christabel Berwick has been kidnapped. But Christabel is no ordinary child. She is not supposed to exist.

As Bridie fights to recover the stolen child she enters a world of fanatical anatomists, crooked surgeons and mercenary showmen. Anomalies are in fashion, curiosities are the thing and fortunes are won and lost in the name of entertainment. The public love a spectacle, and Christabel may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.

©2019 Jess Kidd (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Historical Fiction Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Fiction Feel-Good Mystery England

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“Things in Jars is exquisite. Perfect storytelling.” (Joanna Cannon)
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Bridie Divine and her ghostly companion are utterly compelling characters, and the story is riveting. The narration is brilliant.

The Best Victorian Detective Story

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I loved this story and it's characters, even tho some of it was quite disturbing.
I didn't want it to end as it meant leaving Bridie and Ruby.... I really hope there will be another book in this series!
The narrator was absolutely brilliant.

Loved it!

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I really enjoyed the mythical/old world mixture. It was well paced, kept me interested from start to end

Great narration

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