A review by frances_ab
The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder

4.0

"The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack" is a brilliant blend of history, mystery and science fiction that tries to deal with the question of time travel and the havoc it would wreak on the past/future. The premise finds two characters from the Victorian era, Sir Richard Francis Burton and Algernon Swinburne, trying to stop the mysterious Spring Heeled Jack from preying on young women. But Spring Heeled Jack possesses powers that are not of their time, and strange creatures and unusual happenings are turning up all over London. A wonderful blend of speculative science and of historical characters cast in new roles, all set in an alternate Victorian London at its grimmest and grimiest, this book is a delight for lovers of Steampunk fiction at its finest.