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Darren Craske (Author)
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Publication Date: 28 May 2009 | Series: Cornelius Quaint Chronicles (Book 1)

When a series of gruesome murders coincides with the arrival of Dr Marvello’s Travelling Circus the performers find themselves caught up in some rather sinister goings-on.

Prometheus the strongman winds up behind bars and it falls to ringmaster and master conjuror Cornelius Quaint, ably assisted by his Eskimo valet Butter, to investigate the killings and to clear his name.

But Quaint, an irresistable mix of Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini, soon finds that these seemingly random killings are actually linked to dark secrets from his own past. Secrets that he may not be prepared to face.

The Equivoque Principle is a fantastic adventure inspired by the penny dreadfuls and newspaper serials of the Victorian age and the first in a great new series.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: The Friday Project; Reprint edition (28 May 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 190554894X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905548941
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.5 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 449,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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• 'Boisterous comedy and hairpin plot twists' - The Times

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A fantastic Victorian adventure inspired by the penny dreadfuls and newspaper serials of the times.

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably awful 18 Sep 2010
By Book Addict
Format:Paperback
This is one of the worst books I have ever read. It is very badly written. In addition to the errors pointed out by the other one star reviewers, the author seems to think 'sporadically' means 'coincidentally', apparently imagines that there was no real rule of law in Victorian England, what with the police having the right to hang people, and police stations being staffed by a Police Commissioner with a sergeant as his second in command, and has a very strange view of the sphere of influence and likely activities of bishops in the Church of England at the time. The plot is full of coincidences and 'with one bound he was free' style escapes. In short, I only finished it because I was wide-eyed with wonder at its sheer awfulness. The author thanks himself in his acknowledgements. It's hard to see why.
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Dreadful, just dreadful 30 July 2009
By Edwin Flay
Format:Paperback
I would quite comfortably say that this is the worst book I have read in about five years.

The writing is laboured and heavy-handed; the characters are two-dimensional, and the dialogue is almost physically painful to read. The author has chosen to make his lead character a magician, and yet has clearly done no research whatsoever into the history of magic (for instance: the story is set quite clearly in 1853, and a reference is made to a magic trick first performed in the 1920s). The sub-editing is dismal (at one point there is a reference to saltwater, which switches some ten pages later to rainwater), and at one point a paragraph is repeated verbatim on two consecutive pages, interrupting a sentence half-way at one point (though this may be a printer's error).

Add to this unappetising mix a couple of plot points lifted directly from Boris Akunin (to whom the publishers had the audacity to compare this doggerel favourably), woeful anachronisms, contradictory character motivation, an apparent inability to read a map of London, a singularly unlikeable hero, a macguffin that makes absolutely no sense, and you have a thoroughly disappointing reading experience. Save yourselves! Read virtually anything else instead!
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars The description is 20 times more entertaining than the book itself 13 Jan 2011
By J. J. Walters
Format:Paperback
Unfortunately this book just didn't live up to the premise. From reading the description one envisages the circus, sleight of hand, daring-do with thrills and chills, but I found myself bored to tears. The only thing that kept me reading was the knowledge that if I didn't at least finish it then I had REALLY wasted my money (and I bought the Kindle version). The characters were one note and read like pale imitations of pulp novels from yesteryear, and unfortunately the plot was unoriginal and tepid. The twists and turns I'd been promised were more tortuous than interesting, and I was only on the edge of my seat because I wanted to put it down.

Sorry, Mr. Craske.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Simply delightful
Full of mystery, full of action, some misdirection, some gentle romance, tragedy, greed, anger, integrity and the merest hint of a worldwide conspiracy in early Victorian Times. Read more
Published 4 months ago by jgkane
3.0 out of 5 stars A parson's egg
If you analyse this too much you will find any number of wrong things, many mentioned by other reviewers like the anachronisms, the bizarre police heirarchy, the way the circus... Read more
Published 12 months ago by A. Skudder
5.0 out of 5 stars great read
was recommended this book by my sister in law when we were on holiday in egypt, not being my usual type of reading but as we were on holiday i thought i,d give it a go, well i,m so... Read more
Published 15 months ago by rosebudjay
2.0 out of 5 stars In need of a good editor
Cornelius Quaint has arrived with his circus in Victorian London. The mysterious Mr Reynolds appears to be working for the evil Bishop, setting up a series of murders to rid an... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars It's not THAT bad!
Must admit that I picked this book up from somewhere else having not read the reviews and had I done I might not have bought it! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable
I was I must say quite surprised to see negative reviews for this book. I found this debut from Darren Craske to be an enjoyable read, I found the main characters were defined very... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Romp
I enjoyed this book a great deal, although it may not be considered a contender for 'great literature' it's very fast-paced and fun. Read more
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I've had this book on my 'to read' shelf for quite some time, awaiting the moment when I needed a break from the modern rash of serial killers. Read more
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