A review by wolvereader
The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan

4.0

Set in a world where the International Patent Office hunts down disruptive technology and ensures that progress stays at Victorian levels, we follow our cross-dressing heroine on a suspenseful chase via horse cart, dirigible and gypsy wagon, through the conservative Anglo-Scottish Republic and into the Kingdom of England in search of a missing aristocrat.

This was a fun book with a steampunk-ish slant, and a well-imagined alternate history. I'll read the next one in the series.