Madame Vastra, the fabled Lizard Woman of Paternoster Row, knew death in many shapes and forms. But perhaps one of the most bizarre of these was death by snow...
On a cold day in December, two young boys, tired of sweeping snow from the workhouse yard, decide to build a snowman and are confronted with a strange and grisly mystery. In horrified fascination, they watch as their snowman begins tobleed...
The search for answers to this impossible event will plunge Harry into the most hazardous and exhilarating adventure of his life. He will encounter a hideous troll. He will dine with a mysterious parlour maid. And he will help the Great Detective, Madame Vastra, save the world from the terrifying Devil in the Smoke.
Mr Justin Richards is a noted author of no small repute. In addition to his fictional fantasies concerning the continuing exploits of that mysterious traveller in space and time known only as the Doctor. Mr Richards has some previous experience of chronicling the fantastical events of the Victorian era in his novelsThe Death Collector,The Parliament of BloodandThe Chamber of Shadows. He has also previously penned volumes of a wholly electronic nature both with the help of Miss Melody Malone (Detective) in her adventureThe Angels Kissand in the form of a dystopian future narrative entitledThe Skeleton Clock.
The Lizard Woman, the Troll and the Parlour Maid in An Adventure for The Great Detective, Recounted by Mr Justin Richards>
