Slippery Creatures

Slippery Creatures (2020) KJ Charles (The Will Darling Adventures, #1)

Set in London in 1923

“My grateful nation wasn’t grateful enough to give me a job. I pawned my medals to keep a roof over my head and food in my belly, and I’ll tell you what, the Military Cross doesn’t fetch a great deal, no matter how many bars you have on it. The pawnbroker told me I should have tried for a Victoria Cross. That would be worth something, he said.”

“If this is a scientific weapon, the War Office can go to hell.”

Kim twisted to look at him. “Are you serious?”

“Were you ever gassed?”

“I wasn’t at the Front.”

“I was at Wipers in April ’15, when Jerry brought out the chlorine gas.”

Characters: William Darling, Arthur Aloysius Kimberley de Brabazon Secretan, Mr. Price, Captain Charles Ingoldsby, Professor Edward Draven, Maisie Jones, Elizabeth Ponsonby , Bubby Fanshawe, Norris, Alfie Greenaway, Phoebe Stephens-Prince, Chingford, Superintendent Waddleston, Nanny Mungo, Martin McLean

Cover by Tiferet Design

Rating: 8/10

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