by Mark Frost
Arthur Conan Doyle, doctor and aspiring author, witnesses black magic and murder at a seance. Soon, he finds himself on the run with Jack Sparks dragging him along. But is Jack Sparks an agent of the crown or an escaped mental patient? And why does a mysterious group want Doyle dead? And who are the...
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, historical-fiction, teh-brillianz, one-penny-wonder, published-1993, victoriana, adventure, swashbuckler, doo-lally Read in July, 2008 ** spoiler alert ** Conan Doyle meets the person who will become his protagonist Sherlock Holmes.How much fun - Blavatsky (yeah, t...
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a breathless and action-packed steampunk adventure!a breathless and action-packed steampunk adventure starring mystical special agent Jack Sparks and his doughty Doubting Thomas sidekick Arthur Conan Doyle!a breathless and action-packed steampunk adventure starring mystical special agent Jack Sparks...
This is part of that particular offshoot of Holmes pastiches that uses not the Great Detective himself, but his author, Arthur Conan Doyle. This tale penned by Twin Peaks scribe Mark Frost thrusts a young Conan Doyle into an occult mystery leading to the rise of a dark power, the identity of which p...
Conan Doyle meets the person who will become his protagonist Sherlock Holmes.How much fun - Blavatsky (yeah, that's that table-turning, theosophist originator, Helena P doll!) meets up with a young Dr C Doyle and urges him to re-read her tome on psychic self-defence, which he uses as a hefty missile...
I only found out that after reading this that Mark Frost was the same Mark Frost who co-created Twin Peaks. Just as well really, otherwise I might have gone into this novel expecting way too much.Overall, The List of 7 is a great, fun filled romp through Victorian Britain with a mystery that unfold...