This, the first book of the Baskerville Affair, is a solid start to a trilogy that will appeal strongly to any who count themselves fans of Sherlock Holmes, so long as they don't mind a bit of magic alongside their mayhem. While it wasn't a perfect book, with a complex and sometimes difficult-to-...
Plot summary: Evelina Cooper, niece of Sherlock Holmes, is ready for her first London Season - except for a murderer, missing automatons, a sorcerer, and a talking mouse. In a Victorian era ruled by a ruthless steam baron council, mechanical power is the real monarch, and sorcery the demon enemy o...
The sheer length of this novel sucked all life from the characters and the plot. I gave up half-way through because I was getting absolutely nowhere.It was bad enough the author kept jumping the narrative from character to character but when she stared to mess with the timeline too! It was beyond ...
A Study in Silks starts with a mysterious murder of a young maid and disappearance of magic automatons. It happens in a house where Evelina Cooper lives with her best friend Imogen and her family. She finds herself in the middle of ugly family secrets, while trying to solve the murder and simultaneo...
This was really pleasurable steampunk fiction, ladies and gents. Not steampunk-ish which is pretty popular these days, but something that was full of delightful cogs and gadgets, and with a whole empire running on steam. Loved it!Steven Harper, Meljean Brook and Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris come to...
Steampunk blends with Sherlock Holmes and a little magic in the form of nature devas or highly opinionated elemental spirits to make this lush with detail 500+ page book a rich world to get lost in. The story has multiple points of view but the main focus is Evelina Cooper, niece to Sherlock and a ...
Evalina Cooper is Sherlock Holmes’ niece in a steampunk London where there is also magic, but that’s illegal. Steam is pretty illegal too, because all the steam is controlled by the steam barons, particularly the Gold King, who’s embroiled in trouble with missing Greek artifacts. Evalina’s staying w...
Read This Review & More Like It At Ageless Pages ReviewsEvalina Cooper is Sherlock Holmes’ niece in a steampunk London where there is also magic, but that’s illegal. Steam is pretty illegal too, because all the steam is controlled by the steam barons, particularly the Gold King, who’s embroiled in t...
I expected a lot from this book when I started it - it's hard not to when the author puts Sherlock Holmes in the mix, even if we are dealing with his niece. While in some aspects it didn't disappoint, in others it sorely left me wanting. Evelina is a great character, interesting and idealistic, bu...
I thought these (it's a trilogy) sounded good the first time I heard about them. Then I stumbled into being friends with a die-hard fan and got even more hooked on the whole concept. Well, I'm here to tell you, I was not disappointed. Emma Jane Holloway has created a very credible addition to ...
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