Crime fiction has always been popular. No less in the land of steampunk mechanicals! Check out these six really cool steampunk mysteries!
Murder on Black Swan Lake (A Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Book 1)
The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but boredom and pride lead him to reckless behavior. When a reverend is found murdered in a church with chemical burns and a slashed throat, Wrexford becomes the prime suspect. Charlotte Sloane, secretly the cartoonist A.J. Quill, partners with Wrexford to uncover the truth about the clergyman’s involvement in questionable scientific practices and identify the real murderer. Together they race to catch a cunning killer before they fall victim to the next experiment in villainy.
Maybe (A Ballad of Maybes Book 1)
The government of Her Britannic Majesty, Queen Victoria, struggles against a criminal conspiracy that threatens to destabilise the Empire. Benjamin West searches for his father who vanished in the Amazon fifteen years prior. The death of engineer Mr Maybe entangles West, his former manservant Gothe, and a mysterious woman in a struggle against criminals and forces threatening the government. Maybe…
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices Book 1)
In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Set in 1878 London, Tessa Gray searches for her missing brother within the supernatural underworld. She allies with demon-slaying Shadowhunters Will and Jem to combat the Pandemonium Club, which commands a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures to dominate the British Empire. Only Tessa and her allies can stop them….
The Art of Piracy (Inspector Davidson Mysteries)
She unknowingly holds the secret to his immortality. Art historian Veronica Devine and mysterious nobleman Luc travel aboard a luxury airship in alternate 1871 France. Their romance faces threats from cryptic messages, a clockwork automaton, and conniving passengers as they unravel mysteries connected to an enchanted ancestral painting. If you like romantic historical mystery thrillers with a steampunk flair, then you’ll adore Cecilia Dominic’s suspenseful drama.
Fires of Invention (Mysteries of Cove)
Trenton Colman is a creative thirteen-year-old boy in a steam-powered mountain city of Cove, where all inventions must be approved by the government. He and repair technician Kallista Babbage discover a secret project that threatens their city’s foundational truths and their very lives.
Saving Verity (Experiments in Love & Steel Book 1)
Inventor Verity Calvert develops technology to animate artificial bodies with captured souls. Detective Inspector Jacob Howell investigates a warehouse murder and crosses paths with her. Together they must identify a murderer before he steals both her life and soul. A steampunk mystery with soul — literally.