The Mimicking of Known Successes

The basic story is a “Holmesian murder mystery” which takes place in a rather odd future setting. The Holmes and Watson parts are taken by an investigator (Mossa) and an academic (Pleiti). They know each other from University days. Their relationship seems rather tense at first due go past baggage, but they have to get past that to solve the mystery.
The story has a definite steampunkish feel to it even though it is set rather far in the future. That pushed my WSoD pretty hard a few times, but happily I pushed on past and things were eventually made clear.
Pretty good story and a quick read. 3.5+ stars rounded up