CHERYL LYNN BEECH

Delilah Gray is stuck at a dead-end factory job, mixing glass healing potions and dreaming of a bigger life where she’s a master alchemist with a well-stocked lab and professional respect, a life that doesn’t reek of ash and boredom.

When her father, a curator at a prestigious museum, falls into a coma after winding an enigmatic clock, Delilah is shaken. She warned him something was wrong with the clock, and he didn’t listen.

A team from the Shadow Archives–the division that investigates supernatural incidents and alchemical crimes–arrives to investigate, but Delilah’s conversation with them reveals a devastating truth. They don’t have the expertise to decipher this clock and break the spell.

Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of alchemy, a stubborn streak, and a willingness to break the law, Delilah risks everything to unravel this mystery herself before the next clock chime kills her father.

Alchemy of Time is a gaslamp fantasy mystery, the first glimpse into the alchemy-laced world of the Shadow Archives series, where The X-Files meets CSI in a Victorian setting.