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The House on Vesper Sands
by Paraic O'Donnell
The House on Vesper Sands is a Victorian fantasy, mystery. The story starts with a seamstress killing herself at her employers home. But it isn't just any old suicide, this seamstress destroys the final three vials that her employer is hiding. The story then continues with the introduction of Gideon Bliss as he searches for his uncles lodgings but his clergy member uncle is nowhere to be found. Bliss then pretends to be a constable in order to get close to Inspector Cutter, who lives at the same boarding house. They are given this suicide as a case but they are not the only ones looking into it. Journalist Octavia Hillingdon is also on the case. What are these vials for and what happened to the contents of the other nine vials?
This was an interesting story but it was just okay. It is a story of the haves and have nots and how those of privilege get away with things. I feel like the fantasy element fell short in this story and was kind of a let down in the end.
This was an interesting story but it was just okay. It is a story of the haves and have nots and how those of privilege get away with things. I feel like the fantasy element fell short in this story and was kind of a let down in the end.