Madeleine Barquist is a police veterinarian and daughter of Jack the Ripper. Her detectivist partner Astraia Holmes asks Madi to help her solve the death of popular suffragist leader Lady Deborah Peacham. Unfortunately, the women encounter a more vicious murderer who's after them, too. Will the friends survive? And can they prove to Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes that they are capable women?
I liked the setting. The Victorian world is interesting and felt relaxed rather than frantic like I sometimes feel when reading books with modern settings.
I also like that both women are strong characters who can hold their own. Even the female suspects are smart and capable. And romance is not a priority for any of the characters.
I'm excited to read more books in this series!

Liked it: gripping, compelling, solid plot and mystery.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I read the books out of order, so I was missing some of the backstory when reading the book. However, there are enough references to prior events and characters that I don’t think I was disadvantaged.

The idea of the daughter of Jack the Ripper and the sister of Sherlock Holmes teaming up to solve mysteries is an amusing one. And it works well; they make a good team. In this book they are tasked with infiltrating the suffrage movement in order to identify the killer of a prominent suffragist (Lady Deborah) but that investigation will uncover a more disturbing villain.

There are plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. The characters are enjoyable; and some rather amusing. The book ends with a hint as to the lady detectives next case. I look forward to reading about their further adventures/investigations.

This was a pretty decent sequel to the Detectivists. Madeleine's character became more interesting in this book but the downside is I felt the ending was predictable.

This was a strong sequel in the Detectivists series, it had what I enjoyed about the first book and from the genre. The characters had that feel that I was looking for and was engaged with what was going on in this world. The concept was everything that I wanted and it was a suspenseful read, it was a fantastic concept for a daughter of Jack the Ripper and uses that to its advantage. I hope there is more in this series and glad it was everything that I expected.