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Sally LockhartSeries
series4 books1985
Historical fiction, about murder investigation.
Start with The Ruby in the Smoke →
Newbury & Hobbes InvestigationsSeries
series23 books2008
Steampunk.
“The Affinity Bridge, the opening novel, entangles them with a crashed automaton airship and a spreading plague of the reanimated; later books deepen Newbury's struggle with addiction and Veronica's search for her institutionalized sister.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Affinity Bridge →
The Bookman UniverseSeries
series6 books2010
Steampunk, about murder investigation.
Start with The Bookman →
List of 7Series
series2 books1993
About murder investigation.
“Though initially an occult murder mystery, the story brings in conspiracy theory, vendetta, horror, history, and Theosophy.”
from the catalogue
Start with The List of 7 →
Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'UrbervillesNovel
Kim Newmanstandalone novel2011
Dark in tone, about murder investigation.
Onyx CourtSeries
series7 books2008
Historical fantasy, about fae.
“Marie Brennan's Onyx Court series is set in a faerie court hidden beneath London, ruled across the centuries by successive fae monarchs shadowing the human city above.”
from the catalogue
Start with Midnight Never Come →