The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle by Timothy Miller

The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle

Timothy Miller

Seventh Street Books · Print & ebook · January 19, 2021

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Who it’s for
A playful mystery lets familiar Victorian literary figures collide in an increasingly bewildering case.
Themes
Mystery, Social transformation
Genres
Historical Mystery, Retellings & Pastiche, Historical Fiction

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Sherlock Holmes has retired to the Sussex countryside . . . that is, until a most formidable puzzle is dropped upon his doorstep by a certain Colonel Pickering. One Miss Eliza Doolittle, once nothing more than a cockney guttersnipe, has been transformed into a proper lady of London—perhaps even a duchess?—as if overnight. When Col. Pickering recovered from a bout of malaria, he was astounded at the woman before him.

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Is it possible this transformation is due to nothing more than elocution lessons and some splendid new hats? Or has Professor Henry Higgins surreptitiously traded one girl for another? And for God’s sake, why? As the case unfolds, Holmes and Watson find themselves in ever stranger territory. Who are the four identical “Freddies” pursuing Miss Doolittle? What part do the respected Dr. Jekyll and his malevolent associate, Mr. Hyde, long thought dead, have to play in this caper? And who the devil is the devilish Baron von Stettin? The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle is an enthralling escapade starring some of Victorian literature’s most beloved characters—a historical mystery that will leave you delighted, perplexed, and positively bewildered.

Victorian Crosscurrents

A playful mystery lets familiar Victorian literary figures collide in an increasingly bewildering case.

Come here for

  • Sherlock Holmes and Watson amid literary crosscurrents
  • A puzzle involving Eliza Doolittle, Jekyll, and Hyde

Expect

  • An escapade with a historical-mystery frame
  • Stranger territory as the case unfolds

Where it sits

Retellings & Pastiche77%
Historical Mystery71%
Historical Fiction45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Historical Fiction
  • Historical Mystery
  • Historical Thrillers
Authors
Timothy Miller
Publisher
Seventh Street Books
Published
January 19, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Mystery · Social transformation
Reading lane
Historical Fiction