Book Review: The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss

This is a mash-up of all those wonderful characters and stories with monsters and superhuman detectives in Victorian-era London. So we have our Jekyll and Hyde, Van Helsing, Rappaccini’s Daughter, Dr. Moreau, Sherlock Holmes, and a hint of Jack the Ripper. Still, this time there’s a strong female cast with interesting characters along with intriguing male actors. The story is about Mary Jekyll and how her mother’s death leaves her penniless, and she has to follow his father’s strange history to ...