CAN'T FIND A RATIONAL EXPLANATION TO A MYSTERY? CALL IN THE QUIET COUNCIL. The mysterious and glamorous Lady De Winter is one of their most valuable agents. A despicable murder inside a locked and bolted room on the Rue Morgue in Paris is just the start. This whirlwind adventure will take Milady to the highest and lowest parts of that great city - and cause her to question the very nature of reality itself.

“Camera Obscura is dark, violent, and a fine steampunk thriller that’ll stick to your ribs in a way other thrillers don’t. It’s stuffed to the gills with action and plot…the world-building is deftly done. And Tidhar’s Milady de Winter is fantastic. If you like steampunk or just action in general, it’s well worth a read.”
- The Literary Omnivore

I'm taking this book from emmejo's Steampunk bookbox; I've enjoyed a couple of other titles from this publisher, and the mention of the Rue Morgue in Paris definitely caught my attention. Not sure how much Poe-homage there will be here beyond that reference, but I figured it's worth a try! [Love the steampunk label design, loriped!]

Later: Lots of fun playing spot-the-reference, here, from The Three Musketeers to the steampunk version of the Chicago World's Fair to "Dear Viktor". Main character Lady de Winter is a skilled secret agent and assassin, and her talents (not to mention her ability to withstand pain) are tested to the limit here. I enjoyed the many little touches, too, such as the forensic automaton called Grimm, which crawls inside the bodies to perform its examinations; some of the CSI folk might like that one!

I took this book to the Boston BCers Meetup at the Algiers coffeehouse in Cambridge MA. Enjoy!

Just picked this up.

A really imaginative writer.

Picked up at Meetup and planned for re-release to my work book sharing shelf

Bound for a stay at the work book sharing shelf

Planned for release at the Novemeber 2013 Boston Bookcrossers Meetup.

Caught at Boston Nov. 2013 meetup holding for now...

Taken to the Boston Hostel OBCZ; left behind at the second floor library.
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Picked book up in May 2014 at the boston backpackers - released it in brisbane at food court in anzac square

Released into the wild at anzac sqyare food court