2018 Alberta Book of the Year

Prix Aurora Finalist

Foiling the kidnapping of an industrial heiress lands Maddie an undercover bodyguard job in a Gilded Age NYC mansion. As rival powers scheme to steal the homeowner's fabulous one-of-a-kind clockwork gauge, a man from Maddie’s murky past arrives as a feted guest. Is he an ally, an enemy, or the mastermind behind the whole dastardly plot?

***“Spirited heroines, secret identities, engaging orphans, dueling parasols and gadgets galore!”

“another well-crafted, fast-paced mystery laden with intrigue; a romp through steampunk New York”

“this world of steam-driven machinery, inventions, airships, clockwork-type animated birds seems as real as our own”***