From the back cover:

"Welcome to the bizarre and dangerous world of Victorian London, a city teetering on the edge of revolution.

Its people are ushering in a new era of technology, dazzled each day by new inventions. Airships soar in the skies over the city, whilst ground trains rumble through the streets, and clockwork automatons are programmed to carry out menial tasks in the offices of lawyers, policemen and journalists. But beneath this shiny veneer of progress lurks a sinister side. For this is also a world where ghostly policemen haunt the fog-laden alleyways of Whitechapel, where cadavers can rise from the dead and where Sir Maurice Newbury, Gentleman Investigator for the Crown, works tirelessly to protect the Empire from her foes.

When an airship crashes in mysterious circumstances, Sir Maurice and his recently appointed assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes are called in to investigate. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard is baffled by a spate of grisly murders and a terrifying plague is ravaging the slums of the city.

So begins an adventure quite unlike any other, a thrilling steampunk mystery and the first in the series of Newbury & Hobbes investigations."

Picked up cheaply, especially for BookCrossing purposes.

I'm planning to release it at tomorrow evening's BC Meetup - being held at The Brigantes in York from 7pm onwards...

releasing, as promised...

Picked up at the York Bookcrossing meetup.

This looked as though it was going to be a good, fun romp, but I was really disappointed. Although the concept of steampunk Victorian London was strong, and the worldbuilding was good, the main characters were not even two dimensional. They were sketchily drawn types rather than real people, and the plot was pretty thin too.

It was also a bit too gory for me, although I'm aware I'm a wimp! More style than substance in this one for me

To be released at the monthly York Bookcrossing meetup.

Picked up at book crossing. If you're a quick reader then it's a fairly entertaining story. Not particularly well written so if it's gonna take you a while to get through it I wouldn't bother.

Well, it starts with A, has a very shiny cover and was recommended. Should make it back to the group this year (2017).

Entertaining steampunk romp through Victorian London - and a strong female sidekick. Liked. Left on the shelf.