The Diabolical Miss Hyde

An Electric Empire Novel : Book 1

By: Viola Carr

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Paperback | 26 February 2015

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In an electric-powered Victorian London, Dr. Eliza Jekyll is a crime scene investigator, hunting killers with inventive new technological gadgets. Now, a new killer is splattering London in blood, drugging beautiful women and slicing off their limbs. Catching The Slicer will make Eliza's career - or get her burned. Because Eliza has a dark secret. A seductive second self, set free by her father's forbidden magical elixir: wild, impulsive Lizzie Hyde.

When the Royal Society send their Enforcer, the mercurial Captain Lafayette, to prove she's a sorcerer, Eliza must resist the elixir with all her power. But as the Slicer case draws her into London's luminous magical underworld, Eliza will need all the help she can get. Even if it means getting close to Lafayette, who harbors an evil curse of his own. Even if it means risking everything and setting vengeful Lizzie free ...

About the Author

Viola Carr was born in a strange and distant land, but wandered into darkest London one foggy October evening and never found her way out. She now devours countless history books and dictates fantastical novels by gaslight, accompanied by classical music and her slumbering cat. Viola was born in Bendigo, Australia but now resides in Casey ACT, Australia.

Industry Reviews

"A fearlessly imaginative world of magic, mystery and literary allusion that is delightfully immersive and dangerously seductive. ...[Carr's] heroine's journey is full of sensual intrigue and heady danger that will leave readers breathless." -- RT Book Reviews (4.5 stars)

"Carr's steampunk debut is electrifying, memorable, and razor sharp." -- Publishers Weekly

"This debut steampunk, gender-swapped take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story of the uncontrolled id ... [has] energy and over-the-top adventure. Don't think about it too hard, just enjoy the ride." -- Library Journal

"...Ms. Carr takes us into an almost-familiar world, drawing us further into the dark just a bit at a time. If you thought steampunk was played out, here is an utterly convincing revivification." -- Wall Street Journal

"This debut electropunk monster mashup gives you exactly what you never knew you wanted: The classic story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with a genderbent twist." -- barnesandnoble.com

"I was utterly hooked and happily stayed that way for the next four-hundred-some pages. ...It's dark, intense, and sometimes disturbing, and man is it awesome." -- Beth Cato, author of The Clockwork Dagger

"The Diabolical Miss Hyde is a big, juicy steampunk/fantasy/romance/mystery package of fun, and I highly recommend it. Grade: A." -- Smart Bitches

"There's plenty of twists and turns, with a dash of magic and a wink at the classic literature." -- Parkersburg News & Sentinel

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