She is very good at the skills of deduction as applied to “normal” observations. Who.) Jackaby uses his supernatural perception to solve unusual cases, but he actually lacks a perception of the non-supernatural clues. (The publisher has pitched this as Sherlock/Dr. Jackaby, a Sherlockian detective who possesses perception of the supernatural. She answers a peculiar job ad and meets the very peculiar R. Even though she made a brave choice, her first adventure didn’t go so well and we meet her as she steps onto American shores with only her suitcase and a few coins and no plan. Abigail wants to have a career of her own. Well written, smart, funny, unpredictable - all the things I expect from a good book.Ībigail Rook is a young English woman who has very bravely defied her parents’ plans for her to have a conventional life as the wife of a man with a good career.
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