I read the original novel in this series several years back - or tried to - and it was a joke, so I'm not surprised to see the author continuing in that vein. "In 1888 London, sleuths...." Stop right there! That's me out when the word 'sleuth' appears in a book blurb. That tells me all I need to know. Veronica Speedwell and Stoker investigate the connection between a royal scandal and Jack the Ripper." Done to death in fiction and debunked in reality, what's the point? From my initial experience woth this author, I can tell you that there's nothing original in these stories if the first one was any guide. They're clichéd and trope-laden, and offer nothing imaginative, or entertaining.
