by Retired Reviewer | Aug 15, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Science Fiction
Gaie Sebold’s novel, Shanghai Sparrow is a masterpiece of tension, combining espionage, magic, and murder on the gritty streets of steampunk London. Eveline Duchen is a thief and a con-artist, eking out a tremulous existence as a pickpocket and a burglar for Ma...