Hounds of Autumn

A Steampunk Mystery

By: Heather Blackwood

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

They say that the moor has eyes. It is 1890, and the windswept moors hold dark secrets. Chloe Sullivan is an amateur inventor whose holiday takes a dark turn when her friend and colleague, one of the few female mechanical experts in the British Empire, is murdered.

A black mechanical hound roams the moors, but could it have killed a woman? And what secrets are concealed within the dark family manor?

Accompanied by her naturalist husband and clockwork cat, Chloe is determined to see her friend’s killer found.

But some secrets have a terrible cost.

AI

First time I’ve listened to a book narrated with AI. Better than I expected. The tonal quality was good and the overall choice of voice suited the book. There are some problems including a breathiness/echo and way too much dead air especially at the beginning of new chapters. The storyline and characters were excellent. More could have been done with such an interesting setting.