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Splash down with Ninteenth Century Evil Science

August 20, 2017 by CoffeeShopReader 4 Comments

The basic storyline is thus: a group of daughters/creations of infamous literary scientists band together for self-protection and sisterhood, have adventures, and solve crimes. We have Mary Jekyll, the leader, Diana Hyde the wild and bratty little sister, Beatrice Rappaccini the beauty, Catherine Moreau the fierce one, and Justine Frankenstein the strong one. They are assisted by Mrs. Poole the housekeeper, Alice the maid, and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as themselves. Their main target of investigation is Société des Alchemistes, a shadowy organization to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: 19th century, Frankenstein, holmes, jekyll and hyde, moreau, mystery, rappaccini, the strange case of hte alchemist's daughter, theodora goss

CoffeeShopReader's CBR9 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: 19th century, Frankenstein, holmes, jekyll and hyde, moreau, mystery, rappaccini, the strange case of hte alchemist's daughter, theodora goss ·
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