Scott Elliott

Scott Elliott writes historical detective fiction. The work begins with Victorian electrical science, medical claims, and the people who saw an opportunity in them.

The Sparkpunk series is set in 1867, during a period of reform, Fenian anxiety, and rapid change in the public uses of electricity. Its London is a working city of docks, courts, laboratories, and institutions that do not always serve the people who need them.

Thomas Fenwick is a former policeman working as a private inquiry agent in Shadwell. He knows the river districts, distrusts easy explanations, and takes cases after the police have lost interest.

Mortal Current, the first novel in the Sparkpunk series, is forthcoming.