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The Ruminations of Freekly Oldacre: The Adventure of the Curse of the Mummy's Toenail
London, 1855.
Something is stalking the fog-bound streets.
When reports emerge that the Egyptian mummies of the British Museum have risen from their glass cases and begun wandering the night, few believe the tales until terror and murder follow in their wake.
Enter Freekly congenitally deformed, albino, hunchbacked, and renowned as the British Empire’s Premier Private Consulting Detective. Feared as much as admired, Freekly is drawn into a mystery that begins with madness and quickly descends into bloodshed.
At his side are Professor Enoch Beard, a nervous, three-foot academic with a talent for attracting danger, and Tsai Sparrow, a brilliant Egyptologist burdened by obsessive compulsions and haunted by his own past.
Their investigation leads them from the shadowed halls of the British Museum to the windswept moors of Cornwall and the grim walls of Dartmoor Gaol, following a trail of murder in search of a cursed the preserved heart of the long-dead High Priestess Amunet.
But Freekly is not alone in the hunt.
An ancient Egyptian death cult and the Prussian Empire’s deadliest spy are closing in, each willing to kill to possess the heart and the terrible secret it protects.
Atmospheric, and filled with mystery, murder, and gothic adventure, Freekly Oldacre and the Cult of Sutekh is a thrilling Victorian detective tale that will leave readers eager for the next time they must simply… leave it to Freekly.
Something is stalking the fog-bound streets.
When reports emerge that the Egyptian mummies of the British Museum have risen from their glass cases and begun wandering the night, few believe the tales until terror and murder follow in their wake.
Enter Freekly congenitally deformed, albino, hunchbacked, and renowned as the British Empire’s Premier Private Consulting Detective. Feared as much as admired, Freekly is drawn into a mystery that begins with madness and quickly descends into bloodshed.
At his side are Professor Enoch Beard, a nervous, three-foot academic with a talent for attracting danger, and Tsai Sparrow, a brilliant Egyptologist burdened by obsessive compulsions and haunted by his own past.
Their investigation leads them from the shadowed halls of the British Museum to the windswept moors of Cornwall and the grim walls of Dartmoor Gaol, following a trail of murder in search of a cursed the preserved heart of the long-dead High Priestess Amunet.
But Freekly is not alone in the hunt.
An ancient Egyptian death cult and the Prussian Empire’s deadliest spy are closing in, each willing to kill to possess the heart and the terrible secret it protects.
Atmospheric, and filled with mystery, murder, and gothic adventure, Freekly Oldacre and the Cult of Sutekh is a thrilling Victorian detective tale that will leave readers eager for the next time they must simply… leave it to Freekly.
- GenresThriller
259 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 5, 2011
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May 12, 2020
Good read
December 22, 2015
An enjoyable caper, let down by lack of proof reading: some terrible spelling mistakes and word substitutions: 'he spoke in a horse whisper' for example. There were also some odd turns of phrase which didn't quite sit right. I would have liked some more female characters too: the few there were were bit parts and caricatures. If a bit more time was spent on tidying it up, it could be even better.
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