Synopsis: Presented by James Patterson's new children's imprint, this deliciously creepy horror novel has a storyline inspired by the Ripper murders and an unexpected, blood-chilling conclusion...
Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life.
Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world.
The story's shocking twists and turns, augmented with real, sinister period photos, will make this dazzling, #1 New York Times bestselling debut from author Kerri Maniscalco impossible to forget.
Review: Stalking Jack the Ripper is a book I’ve been interested since it first came out. I just never got around to reading it. I find serial killers fascinating, and Jack the Ripper is iconic. I wanted to see how Kerri Maniscalco took this story and turned it into a riveting mystery book. I have mixed feelings about our main character, Audrey. She is growing up in the 1800s, and the expectations for women were very strict. She makes some comments that surprised me, but not in a good way. Early on, she sneaks out of her house in the dead of night, then she later remarks that her time wandering around isn’t as daring as she thought it would be. Did she really want to be followed by someone in the creepy streets of London? I wanted to like Audrey, but some of her actions didn’t make sense to me.
The story wasn’t remarkable, but it was an incredibly fast read. I flew through half the book without even thinking about it. I thought the plot was interesting, and I was glad that Audrey had a personal reason to find Jack the Ripper. It wasn’t just her morbid curiosity that lead her through the plot. I did enjoy the inclusion of pictures. There weren’t that many, but it helped set the mood of the story.
Nothing about the book stood out to me, and that is why I didn’t feel like I could rate this higher. I am interested in seeing how Audrey’s story continues through the series.
3 howls
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