"ADDLETON HEIGHTS is a steampunk novel for everyone (even those who don't know what steampunk is!). It's witty, fun, exciting, and inventive, and is packed with characters you really care about. George Wright Padgett hits all the right notes!" -Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author of GHOSTWALKERS and PATIENT ZERO

Six hundred feet above the Atlantic, the platform city of Addleton Heights harbors deadly secrets. When private detective Kip Kipsey investigates a double murder at a floating mansion, the victim's cryptic dying message leads him into a citywide conspiracy. Partnering with brilliant inventor Janae Nelson—a woman with her own dangerous past—they race to expose an industrialist's terrifying plan. In a world of mechanical marvels and vertical class divisions, can they prevent catastrophe when the entire system is built on oppression? A noir detective adventure where Victorian technology meets social revolution.