A Treacherous Likeness (Charles Maddox 3)In the dying days of 1850 the young detective Charles Maddox takes on a new case. His client? The only surviving son of the long dead poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his wife Mary, author of Frankenstein. Charles soon finds himself being drawn into the bitter battle being waged over the poet's literary legacy, but then he makes a chance discovery that raises new doubts about the death of Shelley's first wife, Harriet, and he starts to question whether

still haunted by memories and regrets

And so begins an adventure that will take Sherlock across the ocean to America

with its original blend of twisted urban fairytale and modern gothic horror

provocative and delightful New York Times

Drawn into a whirlwind adventure

the heart of the scene

He must also persuade a mysterious prophetess

a scientist who stands in awe of both Maartens and his beautiful wife

The Deptford Mice are worried: the mystical bats have fled from the attic

WELCOME BACK TO BIRDDOM Time has moved on

oblivious to it all

a father who seems perennially lost in contemplation of the past and haunted by fleeting memories of her mother