Dust and Shadow
A Dystopian Gaslamp Adventure

The Gods of Gotham was great so wanted to try Faye again. Pretty gutsy for a debut don’t you think? To take on Sherlock Holmes and pit him against Jack the Ripper, had to read it just to see if she'd pull it off - she did. Obviously did her homework, it’s pretty fabulous, with Faye’s strength again......more

"Once the sun has fallen, you can hardly see your hand before your face, and the slaughterhouses allow blood-spattered men to pass without remark." Such is the district of Whitechapel, the legendary stomping grounds of the infamous killer, Jack the Ripper. I picked up this fantastic book for a challe......more

After a month of heavy readings and professional madness, I wanted some lovely, escapist stuff to take my mind off the gloomy weather and the office chaos. I had loved Ms. Faye’s great “Jane Eyre” homage “Jane Steele” ([URL not allowed]) and I was thrilled to get my hands on a......more

L'ennesimo pastiche che contrappone il Grande Detective per eccellenza al primo e più famoso serial killer della storia (basti citare i film "Delitto su commissione" e "Sherlock Holmes: Notti di Terrore) è, a sorpresa, uno dei migliori. La ricerca storiografica sui delitti dello Squartatore e sulla L......more

Loved it...LOVE, LOVE, LOVED it! A fan of Sherlock Holmes who is fascinated by Jack the Ripper, I started this with high expectations. And I was not disappointed. A big kudos to Lyndsay Faye for managing to successfully integrate these two popular characters in one fantastic mystery. What can I say.........more