John Charles is hosting a Historicon with four authors on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 2 PM. Tomorrow, I’ll discuss the books by the other three authors, but today’s post highlights Jeri Westerson, author of The Isolated Seance and The Mummy of Mayfair. You can order copies of both books, and Westerson’s King’s Fool mysteries and Crispin Guest historical ones through the Webstore. Westerson will be promoting The Mummy of Mayfair on Jan. 11, so there are signed copies available. https://bit.ly/421aoOv.
Westerson kicked off her Irregular Detective mysteries with The Isolated Seance.
*Westerson, Jeri. The Isolated Seance ($18.99). Lesa reviews: “What happens to Sherlock Holmes’s street urchins, the Baker Street Irregulars, when they outgrow their usefulness? Timothy Badger follows in the footsteps of his mentor and becomes a consulting detective. As much as Badger tries, he only occasionally stumbles on a clue, so he partners with Benjamin Watson, a Black man who has turned his hand to a little of everything. They’re desperate for a successful case when Holmes sends Thomas Brent to them. Brent was valet to Horace Quinn until the night Quinn held a séance in his house. The oil lamp went out, and by the time Brent found a light, Quinn was dead with a knife in his chest. It’s a tough case for the duo as they’re followed by a determined woman reporter and trace a suspect to a Travellers’ camp; while investigating, Badger ends up in jail and has to be bailed out by Holmes. Westerson writes about Victorian street life and desperation in a pastiche relieved by humor.”
She also writes the 14th Century Crispin Guest mysteries and the Henry VIII era King’s Fool series and brings us the sequel to that on January 11 with Rebellious Grace (Severn $29.95).