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Gears and Claws|Julian Mercer

Gears and Claws : A Claws Series Mystery: Book 1

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Overview

In a city of steam and secrets, the truth is the most dangerous invention of all. In the smog-choked metropolis of Cogsworth, animals walk on two legs and steam powers the empire. Baxter Reynard, a brilliant but cynical Red Fox detective, prefers the company of machines to the deceit of society. His only partner is Click, a sentient mechanical beetle capable of cracking the toughest Babbage engines. Business is dead until Lady Genevieve Gilt, heiress to a steam-shipping fortune, walks into his cluttered workshop. Her father's death has been ruled a suicide by the incompetent police, but the locked-room mystery reeks of foul play. Baxter knows a sealed vault doesn't keep death out-it keeps the secrets in. As Baxter peels back the layers of Cogsworth's gilded corruption, he uncovers Project Simulacrum, a conspiracy led by the shadowy 'Clockmaker.' The plan? To replace the city's leaders with indistinguishable biological automatons. From the grime of the Slagside industrial district to the high-pressure stakes of the aristocracy, Baxter and Click must wind up the case before their own time runs out.

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  • ISBN-13: 9798247043270
  • ISBN-10: 9798247043270
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publish Date: February 2026
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.96 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.27 pounds
  • Page Count: 432

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