The description in the book describes Jackaby as a tie between Dr. Who and Sherlock Holmes. I can see where they get that description. The title character has all the "factual" observations of Holmes and all the eccentricities of the good Doctor. So of course in my mind he kind of looks a bit like a toss up between Benidict Cumberbatch and David Tennant...
Anyway, our story begins with one Abigail Rook coming into America and looking for work. The only person hiring is Jackaby, who describes himself as a seer, a person who can see what the monsters really are. (Come to think about it, he reminds me a bit of Nick Burkhardt too from Grimm).
On her first case she learns that a fiendish, otherworldly
murderer is stalking the city and since the regular only seek for the natural
it is up to Abigail and Jackaby to find their supernatural killer. A great
mystery and a good read.
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