With the advent of the now popular download-at-home Kindle, this sort of episodic, chapter-based publishing has been begging to make a comeback. Now, finally, someone has been clever enough to take it on, with this affordable first installment of what will hopefully shape into a very compelling series.
Boyce very quickly establishes the timey-wimey rules of his chronologically challenged London, placing his detective heroine Britton at the centre of a world where location-tied time travel is not only possible, it's positively regulated (by the mysterious MI5-esque MInistry). Britton is instantly likeable as a modern protagonist stuck in 19th century clothing (predominately), while Boyce very effectively captures times and locations with his easy, economic narrative details.
At the end of the 'episode', having been left on a cliffhanger reminiscent of classic Doctor Who, I too find myself wishing that Amazon provided an auto subscribe option for capturing the entire series. Perhaps next time the publishers could consider including the projected release date and title of the next episode?
