Reeves & Worcester Steampunk Mysteries: The Unpleasantness at Baskerville Hall (Paperback)

from cissa

I love Wodehouse, country house mysteries, and steampunk on their own, so this mash-up was just to my taste! Yes, it was silly... but so are all its root genres. The Bertie/Jeeves relationship was excellently done (although lacking a particularly awful article of clothing that Bertie clings to an...

from Elisa98

Playful Steampunk Homage to P.G. Wodehouse (and Others). Author Chris Dolley obviously had a lot of fun writing this lighthearted mystery, and his enthusiasm quickly draws the reader in. I started off in a somewhat critical frame of mind, as indicated by my notes, and there are factual errors tha...

from timtom

As a fan of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series, I approached this steampunk mash up of the (I thought) inimitable P. G. and Conan Doyle with wariness. I was wrong, as Chris Dolley does an excellent job recreating the lovable characters and frivolous atmosphere of the one with the fast-pa...

from pammycats

The Unpleasantness at Baskerville Hall By Chris Dolley 4 out of 5 stars I received an early review copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. A mix of Wodehouse's convoluted story lines and sparkling conversation with an addition of Oscar Wilde cleverness and Sherlock Holmes mystery. Whe...

from pammycats

The Unpleasantness at Baskerville Hall By Chris Dolley 4 out of 5 stars I received an early review copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. A mix of Wodehouse's convoluted story lines and sparkling conversation with an addition of Oscar Wilde cleverness and Sherlock Holmes mystery. Whe...