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.

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.