Title: The Diamond Thief
Author: Sharon Gosling
Genre: Steampunk
Book Blurb:
No one performs on the circus trapeze like 16-year-old Rémy Brunel. But Rémy also leads another life, prowling through the backstreets of Victorian London as a jewel thief. When she is forced to steal one of the world’s most valuable diamonds, she uncovers a world of treachery and fiendish plots.
Meanwhile, young detective Thaddeus Rec is determined to find the jewel and clear his name. Will Thaddeus manage to rescue the jewel? Or is it really Rémy that he needs to save?
Review:
An insane lord. An ingenious professor. A thief. A policeman. Add them together and you have the adventure of the lifetime. Let me introduce you to the cast:
There's Remy, aka Little Bird. She's a trapeze artist by day and a jewel thief by night. There's Lord Abernathy, a seemingly harmless lord who lives a double life as well. There The Professor. He's a guy with a good heart, master of all things steampunky (ie. any steam powered machine) and caught up in a sticky web of secrets. And of course, there's Detective Rec, a young member of the Scotland Yard police force. Unfortunately, he isn't exactly the most respected police on the force due to his background. Orphaned on the streets at a young age, Rec was lucky enough to meet the Professor who gave him an education and a chance to be someone more than a beggar.
