Tag: Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives

The time has finally arrived – I have a new book out… today!

When Muriel Carew attends a lavish society party, the last person she expects to bump into is her ex-fiancée Henry Jekyll, a man she’s not seen for many years. When Jekyll turns out to be investigating a series of missing persons in London, Muriel is intrigued. But Jekyll is not working alone, and if Muriel wants to aid in the investigation, she must work with both Henry and his partner, the monstrous and uncouth Mr Hyde.

JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a Gothic murder mystery that I absolutely loved writing…

…and it’s also a very lovely hardback book that would look very pretty on any bookshelf. It’s got beautiful endpapers, an embossed gold birdcage and even a sort of flickbook effect going on in the page corners.

Here’s what other authors have said about the novel:
 
“Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives is a fast-paced gothic thriller that is relentlessly engaging, entertaining, and (most important of all) terrific fun.”
Tom Mead (Death and the Conjuror / Cabaret Macabre)
 
“A wonderful concept, beautifully executed. Delightful and enthralling in equal measure. Replete with a delicious Victorian atmosphere, as thick as a pea-souper.”
Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen / Ghost Stories)
 
“Tim Major has come up with one of those ‘damn it, I wish I’d thought of that’ concepts: Henry Jekyll as a dissipated Sherlock Holmes to Edward Hyde’s demented Dr Watson. But this splendid novel is more than just a cool idea; it’s a rip-roaring, dark-hearted tale that yokes a cunning murder-mystery plot to the Gothic horror of Stevenson’s famed novella. The sequel can’t come too soon.”
James Lovegrove (Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors)
 
“Riveting, ingenious, original. I kinda wish I’d thought of this myself!”
Adam Christopher (Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town)
 
“Highly enjoyable, terrifically good fun, very well paced, and full of relish for Stevenson’s original story.”
JS Barnes (Dracula’s Child)

My novel Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives is almost here! It’ll be published in a beautiful hardback edition on 3 September 2024. But perhaps you needn’t wait so long as that….

If you’re a reviewer or book blogger or similar, and if you’re signed up with a NetGalley account, you may be able to access the novel early here.

The first review of the novel is in, too. It’s from Kirkus Reviews, and it’s lovely! Here’s an excerpt:

“As in Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella, the solution to the mystery is even more horrifying than the mystery itself. Major does such an admirable job with the heaviest lift here—coming up with a case that fully engages Jekyll/Hyde’s double nature without being overwhelmed by it—that it’s hard to imagine how he’ll manage it again. But expectations are high.”

You can read the full review here.

And if this convinces you, maybe you’d like to preorder Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives right this minute!