Forensic science, magic, mystery, and romance mix in this edgy steampunk
fantasy--a retelling of the horror classic, in which Dr. Eliza Jekyll,
daughter of the infamous Dr. Henry Jekyll--pursues a dangerous murderer
in an alternate Victorian London.
In an electrified Victorian London, Dr. Eliza Jekyll is a crime scene
investigator, hunting killers with newfangled technological gadgets. She
will need every advantage available to catch a terrifying new psychopath
splattering London with blood. Hidden in the grimy shadows, the fiendish
murderer preys on beautiful women, drugging them before slicing off
their limbs. Finding the "Slicer" can make Eliza's career . . . or
unmask her darkest secret. Like her father, she has a hidden second self
that emerges when she drinks his forbidden magical elixir. Just a few
sips, and a seductive and impulsive Lizzie Hyde is unleashed.
The members of the Royal Society do not trust Eliza, and they send their
enforcer, the mercurial Captain Lafayette, to prove she's a dangerous
sorceress. The careful doctor knows that one wrong step can make her
prey to the clever Lafayette, a man who harbors an evil curse of his
own. No matter how much she craves the elixir, she must resist.
But as the Slicer case draws her into London's luminous magical
underworld, Eliza will need the potion's power to help her . . . even if
it might attract the attentions of Lafayette. .
Even if it means setting the wild Lizzie free. . . .