Dead Bodies Do Tell Tales - A Jack the Ripper Novel
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Whitechapel, London in 1888, Mary Kelly is the last of het group of friends left alive by Jack the...
The Silence of Scheherazade
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Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four...
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David McK (3233 KP) rated Corpse Thief (Joshua Hawke #1) in Books
Feb 26, 2022
I wasn't so sure about the setting of his new series, of which this is the first (and currently only) entry.
None-the-less, I thought I would give it a chance anyway: after all, a gin-sodden opium addicted grave robber ex-policeman who previously participated in the Peterloo massacre is hardly, shall we say, your standard protagonist!
Set in and around London's seedy underground of the 1820s, I got a strong flavour of Jack the Ripper when reading this; of a murderer who strikes at his (or her?) victims before disappearing again, and of whom the authorities seemingly have little interest in apprehending until he - or she! - jeopardises their own interests.
It's interesting, therefore, seeing the life and time from the 'other side', as it were, from the points of view of the downtrodden masses rather than from the rich and powerful.
Be aware, however, that this is NOT a self-contained novel in its own right (well, it is and it isn't), in that some major plot threads are purposefully left hanging for the inevitable sequel.
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