We had a lively discussion of Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl. We were not particularly pleased with the new trend in mysteries of throwing in lots of genres. In this case we identified horror, adventure, science fiction, alternative history, and steam punk. The language was not quite right for Victorian England either. Still, reading the book was an interesting experiment.
Someone out there likes it. The author has been asked by his publisher to make this novel into a trilogy.