Sold out
More about the book
'Thrilling, mysterious, twisted' Graham Norton'Delivers chills galore' GuardianThe case of the extraordinary child . . .London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities. The public love a spectacle and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.
Book purchase
Things in Jars, Jess Kidd
- Language
- Released
- 2020
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Paperback)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- Things in Jars
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jess Kidd
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd.
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN10
- 1786893770
- ISBN13
- 9781786893772
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Friendship, Murders, Detective Fiction, England, 19th century, Great Britain, Mysterious, Mysteries, London, Ghosts and Apparitions, Magical Realism, Investigation, Kidnappings, Gothic
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- 'Thrilling, mysterious, twisted' Graham Norton'Delivers chills galore' GuardianThe case of the extraordinary child . . .London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities. The public love a spectacle and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.