Historical Fantasy Series by Carrie Patel Books

This is the first two books of a series. The 1st is The Buried Life. The gaslight and shadows of the underground city of Recoletta hide secrets and lies. When Inspector Liesl Malone investigates the murder of a renowned historian, she finds herself stonewalled by the all-powerful Directorate of Preservation – Recoletta’s top-secret historical research facility. The 2nd is Cities And Thrones. In the fantastical, gaslit underground city of Recolleta, Oligarchs from foreign states and revolutionaries from the farming communes vie for power in the wake of the city’s coup. The dark, forbuyden knowledge of how the city came to be founded has been released into the world for all to read, and now someone must pay.