Welcome to the bizarre and dangerous world of Victorian London, a city teetering on the edge of revolution. Its people are ushering in a new era of technology, dazzled each day by unfamiliar inventions. Airships soar in the skies over the city, while ground trains rumble through the streets and clockwork automatons are programmed to carry out menial tasks in the offices of lawyers, policemen, and journalists. But beneath this shiny veneer of progress lurks a sinister side. Queen Victoria is kept alive by a primitive life-support system, while her agents, Sir Maurice Newbury and his delectable assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes, do battle with enemies of the crown, physical and supernatural. This time Newbury and Hobbes are called to investigate the wreckage of a crashed airship and its missing automaton pilot, while attempting to solve a string of strangulations attributed to a mysterious glowing policeman, and dealing with a zombie plague that is ravaging the slums of the capital. Get ready to follow dazzling young writer George Mann to a London unlike any you've ever seen and into an adventure you will never forget, in The Affinity Bridge. Newbury & Hobbes Investigation #1 The Affinity Bridge #2 The Osiris Ritual #3 The Immortality Engine #4 The Executioner's Heart #5 The Revenant Express
Newbury & Hobbes Series
Step into a richly imagined Victorian England brimming with steampunk marvels, where airships navigate the skies and clockwork automatons traverse the streets. This series follows the intrepid investigations of Sir Maurice Newbury and his brilliant assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes. Together, they uncover sinister plots and confront extraordinary threats jeopardizing the crown and the very heart of London. Prepare for a thrilling blend of inventive science fiction, historical intrigue, and high-stakes adventure.






Recommended Reading Order
- 1
- 2
The Osiris Ritual
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
Sir Maurice Newbury, Gentleman Investigator for the Crown, imagines life can be a little quieter from now on after his dual success in solving The Affinity Bridge affair. But he hasn't banked on his villainous predecessor, Knox, hell bent on achieving immortality, not to mention a secret agent who isn't quite as he seems.... So continues an adventure quite unlike any other, a thrilling steampunk mystery and the second in the series of Newbury & Hobbes investigations.
- 3
Newbury has sunk further into his opium addiction, fuelled in part by what he sees as Veronica's betrayal and his inability to confront her on the matter of her relationship with the Queen. However, when the body of a well known criminal turns up, Bainbridge and Veronica track Newbury down and get him to help them with the case.
- 4
EXECUTIONER'S HEART
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
A serial killer is on the loose in London, targeting members of the gentry with brutal murders. Each victim is found with their chest cavities opened and hearts missing. Chief Inspector Charles Bainbridge enlists Newbury and Veronica to help solve the case.
- 5
Following their bloody encounter with the Executioner, Sir Maurice Newbury's assistant Veronica Hobbes is close to death. Desperate to save her life, Newbury and Veronica's sister Amelia board a sleeper train bound for St. Petersburg, in the hope that Gustav Faberge might have the answer.
The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes
- 316 pages
- 12 hours of reading
A collection of short stories detailing the supernatural steampunk adventures of detective duo, Sir Maurice Newbury and Miss Veronica Hobbes in dark and dangerous Victorian London.