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The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
4.0

What if Sherlock Holmes were a angel, and Watson a doctor recovering from a supernatural attack in Afghanistan? What if their Victorian London was inhabited by werewolves and hell-hounds, angels, and magic? And Jack the Ripper, naturally.

In this romp, Katherine Addison leverages fan fiction based on the recent BBC Benedict Cumberbatch (Benefit Scramblehatch?) Sherlock series into a lively homage to the classic detective stories.