Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, 1)
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This #1 New York Times bestseller and 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 back 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.
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This book was quite slow and I honestly did not get really deep into it to the point of having to keep reading until the last 80 or so pages. It was a nice book to read leisurely, but not exactly a thriller or page turner in my opinion until the very end. Ending was insane though!!!
I absolutely love this. Even though it is a fictionalized version of events, it gives you this odd sense of closure to one of the biggest mysteries of all time.
It took me some time to warm up to Audrey Rose and Thomas but at the end of the book I really liked them! I liked that Audrey Rose wasn't afraid to be feminine and pretty while also being badass but I wish there was a little less "oh I'm the enlightened one and look at all these other women only concerned with makeup/dresses/boys, I'm so above them" Can we please have women supporting women, like Liza with Audrey Rose, and less women tearing each...read more
I had a reading slump in 2020 so After so many recommendations of this series I decided to tackle it as we jump into a new year and I have fallen madly in love with Thomas Creswell and wish I had the beauty and Brains of Audrey Rose I cant wait to start the Hunting of Prince Dracula!!
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