I like this addition to the Jackaby series. Having somehow missed the last installment, I thought I would be confused by what was happening, but I was wrong. Read this of you've already started the series. For fans of supernatural historical mystery.

Abigail Rook never intended to have powers or "The Sight" but now she does. Now what is she to do?! After being the surprised receiver of her boss and friend, Jackaby's, gift of sight Abigail must do what she's always done, the best she can. That's all before a slew of missing supernatural neighbors, several deaths, her parents arriving, and a suspicious government agency being thrown into the mix. Can she rise to the occasion and solve the mystery before all of New Fiddleham riots?

So first, the cover is BEAUTIFUL! Much like the original series, the cover art is striking and very atmospheric. I was so thrilled to be granted this book as an ARC, because I LOVE the Jackaby series and hoped that William Ritter would revisit the world. Rook was more than I ever imagined. The whole mystery was so well put together, I was still guessing right up until the final 1/3rd of the novel. I enjoyed that communication and leadership were really main themes of the novel. Knowing how to trust, communicating feelings and accepting help were very well written into the plot. Abigail's worries and issues with her new power are never brushed off by her friends but they try to help her work through them, Jackaby especially does his best to help, in his own way of course. Old characters return, DOUGLAS, and new characters are introduced with an ending that feels wrapped up but with space to expand the world should the author choose to. Well done! I do hope for more stories from this world because I don't know if I'll ever get enough.

Rook is a book is similar to the Sherlock Holmes in regards to the creation of his characters and mysteries. Abigail Rook is the main character, she is a tad naive and is spontaneous. As a Britt, she has traveled throughout various parts of Eastern Europe and Germany, The book takes place between both Europe and America which is good for developing the imagination of the interactions between either party in respect to cultural differences. This book is sequestered on the shelf and I would love for my library to have a copy of it, and yet, it may take a few more reviews to bring that magic around.