missingvolume | #88 The Ripper Affair by Lilith Saintcrow

The third book in the series has Clair dealing with loss and new information on just what Bannon did in order to save his life at the end of book two. Clare has tried pulling away from the world and refusing requests to work until the Queen shows up at her house and finally gets her involved in a case. With this case you find out more about Clare's childhood and even at the level she lives now where she came from still affects how people interact with her. This does touch on the the Jack the Ripper cases but the murders are used to magically fuel someone trying to take over England. I really lie the setting and the background that go into this story universe and I'm bummed that I don't know if there will ever be any more. It is a nice melding of Steam technology and magic that really works.