As always, I started this series with the second book, “The Obsidian Dagger: Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle” - by Catherine Webb. The series is a Victorian mystery/fantasy written for Young Adults but the language, characters and plotlines are so lovely that any reader can enjoy the books. In this one, Lyle and his two sidekicks are developing a flying machine when Lord Lincoln asks them to investigate a few murders that has been happening in docksides of London. Stones of the city are murmuring a warning but no one is listening. With help of some hard facts, powers of deductions and quite some big explosion, Lyle, Thomas and Tess save the day (or night, whatever the case).
The first book is “The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle” and introduces the readers and characters together. It is the story of how Lyle, Thomas and Tess met and solved a mysterious theft. A priceless stone bowl has been stolen form Bank of England and queen’s special vault. A few corpses are found and some strange people of amazing beauty and unusual green eyes are looking for mayhem. Some persistence buglers keep breaking into Lyle’s house and magnetic fields and lightening are opening the door to a better future for humans.
The first book is “The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle” and introduces the readers and characters together. It is the story of how Lyle, Thomas and Tess met and solved a mysterious theft. A priceless stone bowl has been stolen form Bank of England and queen’s special vault. A few corpses are found and some strange people of amazing beauty and unusual green eyes are looking for mayhem. Some persistence buglers keep breaking into Lyle’s house and magnetic fields and lightening are opening the door to a better future for humans.
I am looking for the third book "The Doomsday Machine".
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