Wednesday 5 December 2012

Waiting in Wednesday #28

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
(there is more then one, from here on out)

 
In the tradition of Drood, a superb supernatural mystery set in Victorian Liverpool.

The Transatlantic Span is the industrial marvel of the nineteenth century, a suspension bridge stretching from Liverpool to New York City. It's a work of art...until a faceless corpse is found in its shadows.
Inspector Matthew Langton, tortured by grief for his late wife, takes charge of the investigation, believing the faceless man a part of a conspiracy to assassinate Queen Victoria on the upcoming Inauguration Day of the Span. But the truth is far more bizarre. There are chilling rumors of the Jar Boys, soul snatchers who come under cover of night. Most frightening of all is the mythic and elusive Doktor Glass, who may not only be behind the illicit trade in souls...but who may hold the key to what happened to the inspector's own beloved wife on her deathbed.
Exciting and atmospheric, Brennan's debut novel is at once a page-turning mystery, a tour de force of revisionist imagination, and a gripping drama of the lengths people go to assuage grief in the name of love

Doktor Glass by Thomas Brennan
Expected publication 31st of December 2012 by Ace Trade
YA

List of 2012 #1

Books about Christmas                  
So, this is the time for lists, apparently, so as the spirit of Christmas, I’m going to bundle myself up and give you one list of books every week of the month. My Christmas present to you—‘cause I’m nice that way (yeah, sarcasm, like I think you care that much)