From New York Times bestselling author P. J.
Brackston comes the prequel to Gretel and the Case of the
Missing Frog Prints, the new novel in the rollicking
series featuring Gretel, all grown up and working as a
private investigator in 18th century Bavaria.
Gretel
(yes, that Gretel) is now 35, very large, still living with
her brother Hans, and working as a private investigator.
The small, sleepy town of Gesternstadt is shaken to its
pretty foundations when the workshop of the local cart maker
is burnt to the ground, and a body is discovered in the
ashes. It is Gretel who notices that the cadaver is missing
a finger. At first she does not see this as significant, as
her mind is fully focused on a new case. Not that she
wouldn’t far rather be investigating an intriguing murder,
but her client is willing to pay over the odds, so she must
content herself with trying to trace three missing cats. It
is not until she is further into her investigations that she
realizes the two events are inextricably and dangerously
connected, and that the mystery of the missing cats will
lead her into perilous situations and frightening
company.
Very soon Gretel finds herself accused of
kidnapping Princess Charlotte, twice locked up in the cells
at the Summer Schloss, repelling the advances of an amorous
troll, strapped to a rack in Herr Schmerz’s torture chamber,
and fleeing a murder charge. With dubious help from her
brother (whose scant wits are habitually addled by drink),
she must prove her innocence, solve the puzzle of the
unidentified corpse, and find the stolen cats before they
meet a grisly end.
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