title: A Study in Ashes: Book Three in The Baskerville Affair
author:  Emma Jane Holloway 
description: <b>Praise for <i>A Study in Ashes</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Holloways skill for creating a richly imagined, immersive world shines.<b><i>RT Book Reviews</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> <i>A Study in Ashes</i> overflows with Holloways signature humor and apparently boundless imagination.<b><i>Booktalk &amp; More</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> The best book of the series . . . absolutely wonderful . . . I really cant recommend it highly enough.<b><i>Hidden in Pages</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Brilliantly executed . . . my favorite book of 2013 . . . what a stunning conclusion to such a phenomenal series!<b><i>Fresh Fiction</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Even grander than the books before it with its drama, adventure, intrigue, romance, paranormal, gadgetry and just exciting twistiness to its storyline.<b><i>Delighted Reader</i></b><br /><br /><b>Praise for Emma Jane Holloways <i>A Study in Silks</i></b><br /> <i></i><br /> This book has just about everything: magic, machines, mystery, mayhem, and all the danger one expects when peoples loves and fears collide. I cant wait to return to the world of Evelina Cooper!<b>Kevin Hearne, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles</b><br /> <br /> As Sherlock Holmess niece, investigating murder while navigating the complicated shoals of Societyand romancein an alternate Victorian England, Evelina Cooper is a charming addition to the canon.<b>Jacqueline Carey, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Kushiels Legacy series</b><br /> <b></b><br /> Holloway takes us for quite a ride, as her plot snakes through an alternate Victorian England full of intrigue, romance, murder, and tiny sandwiches. Full of both thrills and frills.<b>Nicole Peeler, author of the Jane True series</b><br /> <br /> <i>A Study in Silks</i> is a charming, adventurous ride with a heroine who is both clever and talented. The brushes with the Sherlock Holmes mythos only add to the fun of this tale, and readers are bound to fall in love with Evelina and the London she inhabits.<b>Philippa Ballantine, author of <i>Geist</i></b><br /> <i></i><br /> In <i>A Study in Silks,</i> Emma Jane Holloway has created a wonderful reimagining of the Sherlock Holmes mythos set in a late-Victorian Britain ruled by nefarious industrial titans called steam barons. Holloways clever writing, attention to detail, and sublime characters forge a fascinating world that combines brass-plated steampunk technology with magic. By turns a coming-of-age story, a gas-lamp thriller, and a whimsical magical fantasy, <i>A Study in Silks</i> is the premiere novel of an author to watch.<b>Susan Griffith, author of the Vampire Empire series</b><br /> <br /> Holloway stuffs her adventure with an abundance of characters and ideas and fills her heroine with talents and graces, all within a fun, brisk narrative.<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /> <b><i></i></b><br /> Splendid . . . The characters are thoroughly charming and the worldbuilding is first-rate.<b><i>RT Book Reviews </i>(four stars)</b>
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  # Ashes Beneath Her
  
  
  ### A Northern Michigan Asylum Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## J.R. Erickson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Author’s Note](part0003.html#2RHM0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0005.html#4OIQ0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0006.html#5N3C0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0007.html#6LJU0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0008.html#7K4G0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0009.html#8IL20-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0010.html#9H5K0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0011.html#AFM60-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0012.html#BE6O0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0013.html#CCNA0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 10](part0014.html#DB7S0-9226f601cd154aca93c7e6aafc4618e0)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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