Working as his assistant tends to call for a somewhat flexible relationship with reality. Jackaby to be standard in the time I’ve known him. “I’ve found very little about private detective R. It also sets up a third novel rather nicely at the end. I read the above excerpt to my 11-year-old, and he will be reading it next. – A Stymphalian Bird (one of the labors of Hercules)Ī fun fast read for all ages. What isn’t hidden? What will you see during this second exciting, upside down, and sideways adventure? This is to the thrill of Rook, who studied paleontology. They leave the streets of their town to the countryside of Gad’s Valley, to the side of the dig where the dinosaur bones had been discovered. Of course, then I was dying to know what had been hidden. Chapter 13 is where I got taken out of the story for a moment in this delightful discovery. The novel is from Rook’s point of view in the form of a journal. We meet another strong woman, Nelly Fuller, a journalist, who offers some advice. Everyone else they encounter do not treat her as such. Rook as an equal (and in the 19th century, that means like a man), and she treasures that about him, despite the “for granted” she gets taken in expectation. Jackaby and Rook’s relationship is exactly as detective and assistant, without the pesky hints of romantic tension that are expected from such a close working environment. Ritter is really good at making me feel as if I am Ms. The first novel introduced us to this world of delight, and although I liked the first one a bit better, this is a solid effort and I look forward to future ones.

Investigating the dig will bring her back into the realm of Charlie, “Fortune favors the bold.”įans of Jackaby will be quite satisfied with this sequel, as Jackaby channels his inner “Doc Brown” to crazy perfection. This time, cats turn to fish, dinosaur bones are stolen, and Abigail’s ghostly best friend is acting strange, by ghost standards. Jackaby, certainly keeps her on her toes in William Ritter‘s second story of the pair, Beastly Bones: A Jackaby Novel. My name is Abigail Rook, and this is what I do.Ībigail Rook’s quirky, disheveled employer, R.F. I assist a mad detective in investigating unexplained phenomena – like fish that ought to be cats but seem to have forgotten how. “Some girls work in shops or sell flowers. Hardcover | Kindle Special Chapters Edition

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