Jackaby

...and, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R ... Jackaby | A Mighty Girl ... . F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary ... Jackaby is the first book in the series of the same name by William Ritter. "Miss Rook, I am not an occultist," Jackaby said. "I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion--and there are many illusions. All the world's a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain." Jackaby is a prickly, fast-talking, socially-awkwa ... Jackaby: Ritter, William: 9781616205461: Amazon.com: Books ... ." Jackaby is a prickly, fast-talking, socially-awkward pontificator much like Holmes, though without the darker sociaopathic edge of the true Sherlock. He runs his own investigative service and butts in on police cases as Sherlock does. However, our Jackaby sees fae/faeries, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures, which Holmes would have had no ... Jackaby is an eccentric private detective who sees the supernatural but also uses Sherlock Holmes-style logic and science to solve cases. He effectively guides and teaches Abigail and is concerned for her well-being. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold case, starting with a search for Jenny's fiancé, who went missing the night she died. But when a new gruesome murder closely mirrors the events of 10 years prior, Abigail and Jackaby realize that Jenny's case isn't so cold after all. "Jackaby" the first book in William Ritter's debut series begins in Victorian New England in the small town of New Fiddleham where adventurous seventeen year old Abigail Rook has applied for an investigative assistant's job with R.F. Jackaby , a detective whose specialty is the unexplained and supernatural. "Jackaby" is the first book in the "Jackaby" series written by William Ritter. The series is set in 1892 New England and stars Abigail Rook. In this novel, she meets R. F. Jackaby, a man who investigates the unexplained and has an ability to see the extraordinary and the ability to see beings of supernatural origin. "Sherlock Holmes crossed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer." -- Chicago Tribune Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings. Jackaby (2014), a young adult mystery by William Ritter, it is the first in a series of books that ...

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