Maiden Voyage of the Rio Grande

The Bartleby and James Adventures novelettes are a series of steampunk mysteries following the cases of consulting detectives Alton Bartleby and his engineer partner James Wainwright. Together the protect London from the foes that Scotland Yard cannot handle. In their second adventure, the detectives face ruthless saboteurs.

Brilliant but socially-awkward inventor and engineer James Wainwright has been accused of murder most foul, and only his savvy partner Alton Bartleby can clear his name.

The clock is ticking, though, as the true murderer's sabotage threatens to crash the world's largest airship into the teaming streets of London below.

This 8,000 word story is the second in the Bartleby and James cycle of steampunk mystery novelettes. It is also available for the Kindle as part of the Steampunk Omnibus collection.