02407cam a2200397 i 4500 623686970 TxAuBib 20210311120000.0 200206s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020005298 9781432880323 hardcover 1432880322 hardcover (OCoLC)1140353415 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda OCLCO rda DLC OCLCF LD4 JPL IUK TXKPL TxAuBib OCLCO OCLCF LD4 JPL IUK TXKPL TxAuBib rda Kidd, Jess, author. Things in Jars / By Jess Kidd. Large print edition. Waterville Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cegage Company, 2020. 581 pages (large print) ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Bridie Devine--female detective extraordinaire--is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted attention of collectors trading curiosities in this age of discovery. Winding her way through the labyrinthine, sooty streets of Victorian London, Bridie won't rest until she finds the young girl, even if it means unearthing a past that she'd rather keep buried. Luckily, her search is aided by an enchanting cast of characters, including a seven-foot tall housemaid; a melancholic, tattoo-covered ghost; and an avuncular apothecary. But secrets abound in this foggy underworld where spectacle is king and nothing is quite what it seems. Blending darkness and light, history and folklore, Things in Jars is a spellbinding Gothic mystery that collapses the boundary between fact and fairy tale to stunning effect and explores what it means to be human in inhumane times"-- Provided by publisher. 20210311. Kidnapping Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Women detectives Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Large type book. Mystery fiction. Occult fiction. Fantasy fiction. Fiction. TXKPL