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Book Review: The Adventures of Mary Darling, by Pat Murphy

Cover of The Adventures of Mary Darling, by Pat Murphy, featuring Sherlock Holmes, in deerstalker cap and cape, holding a magnifying glass up to a hovering fairy, behind a woman in late Victorian dress and wearing a pirate hat, holding a sword.

Mary and the other viewpoint characters are a lot of fun to follow through their adventures and evolutions, and Murphy’s insights into storytelling and explorations of the Victorian/Edwardian period are as entertaining as they are enlightening — Murphy examines historical horrors rather than glossing over them, but her characters overcome these challenges with verve.