Book 2 in a Victorian Sherlock Holmes Steampunk series I read for the Endeavour Award. Not bad, better than the first - a little tighter, a little faster, a little shorter. Though I am beyond weary at the use of Jack the Ripper in the slightest. Still this tied together enough loose ends from the first book. And the characters are just interesting enough - though I could have done with a slightly different final ending. Book 3 hopefully continues the improvement - that said real endings are apparently more difficult than middle books.