The Zeppelin Deception

Colleen Gleason

Feb 2024 · Stoker and Holmes Book 5 · Oliver-Heber books

About this ebook

Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker return in their final—and most exciting—adventure together.

"Gleason has vamped up the familiar world of Holmes and Watson… to paranormally exhilarating effect!” –The New York Times

It’s a cold, blustery day in January of 1890 when Mina Holmes receives an invitation to Evaline Stoker’s wedding. The two young women—partners and occasionally friends—haven’t spoken for nearly two months, since the events at the Carnelian Crow.

Shocked, Mina is still looking at the invitation when constables from Scotland Yard begin pounding on her front door. They’ve arrived to arrest her for the murder of a man she’s never even heard of.

Meanwhile, Evaline has her hands full with wedding plans (boring) and an overbearing sister who wants to manage her every move—including a dizzying array of social activities. In the midst of all this, she receives an invitation to visit Lady Isabella Cosgrove-Pitt, a most villainous woman.

With Pix in jail, Mina being hunted by Scotland Yard, and Evaline dining with the murderous Lady Isabella what more can possibly go wrong? Plenty.

And when the mysterious black zeppelin appears once again in the night sky, things are about to get even more dangerous than ever for Miss Stoker and Miss Holmes...

Ratings and reviews

What a wonderful steampunk mystery with familiar names worn by unfamiliar people. This is a page-turner of a story and one that you really need to start from the beginning of the series to be able to understand what's going on. But that didn't stop me from enjoying the story and making me decide to read the previous stories in the series. I hope there will be more in this world in the future. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.