Book Log 2015 #17: The Devil's Workshop by Alex Grecian

Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Neville Hammersmith are back, representing Scotland Yard's Murder Squad in an investigation into a mysterious jail break using a train. As the duo (and the rest of the squad) track down the four escapees, it becomes clear that there's something larger going on involving some of London's most respectable men, and that there was a fifth escapee - one well known to London for his "ripping" murders.

Not sure if it was too early to play the Jack the Ripper card, but I did like the way he was introduced into the series. I was also hoping for a little more of the internal working of the Murder Squad that was in the first book. The subplot involving Day and his mentor did at least fill some of that gap.

Also notable is that Day's wife finally has her baby, meaning that the first three books took place in the span of six months, tops. London in the 1890s was even more dangerous than I originally thought.