This was okay, but a bit confusing at times. I have never read a steampunk novel before, but the title and the strong woman thing appealed to me so I gave it a go. I don't regret it, but I'm not recommending it to 5000 people.

Lady Law has solved over 600 some cases. Her methods are a bit suspect. When Julia's sister is murdered and Lady Law offers her services, Julia is psyched despite a handsome constable's (and her beau now) misgivings. The constable and herself and an old scientist with a missing partner get together to connect the dots and find out what the real deal is with Lady Law.

There's action, chase scenes, steam powered weapons, giant planets, steam powered automobiles, and lots of other technical gadgets made of brass that I couldn't quite figure out. The action scenes, though exciting, were hard to visualize with all the technical things thrown in. Trying to picture it all grew a bit complicated for me. I don't know if this is normal with a steampunk novel or not as I have never read one before. The story line was intriguing, however, but I would have liked to have seen more character developement.

Laugh out loud moment: (In a room full of fake planets rolling around) "the sphere rolled to one side, clattered into Neptune, then continued on to DOUBLE KISS URANUS." LMAO I couldn't help it. That's funny. :)