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A review by brandypainter
Murder in Grub Street by Bruce Alexander
From a review originally posted here.
Murder in Grub Street picks up just a few weeks after Blind Justice ends. Mourning the death of his wife, Sir John has arranged for Jeremy to have an apprenticeship in a printer's shop. The night before Jeremy is supposed to start the family and two young apprentices are savagely murdered with axes in their beds. A man, apparently crazed, was found at the scene axe in hand. He is apprehended but Sir John chooses to send him to Bedlam rather than bind him over for trial immediately when he acts as though he is someone else speaking for himself. Things are further complicated for Sir John and Jeremy when a new group of religious zealots determined to convert all the Jews make their presence known in Covent Garden.
Again, I enjoyed the way this novel depicted Georgian London and the way it is written in the language of the time. The plot was fast paced and interesting. I felt a couple of scenes were a bit unbelievable, but overall the story was engrossing. One thing I really liked about the first novel was Jeremy's voice and how he showed us this city through the innocent wide eyes of a country boy newly arrived. This continues in this novel although there were times when his innocence seemed a bit disingenuous.
Murder in Grub Street picks up just a few weeks after Blind Justice ends. Mourning the death of his wife, Sir John has arranged for Jeremy to have an apprenticeship in a printer's shop. The night before Jeremy is supposed to start the family and two young apprentices are savagely murdered with axes in their beds. A man, apparently crazed, was found at the scene axe in hand. He is apprehended but Sir John chooses to send him to Bedlam rather than bind him over for trial immediately when he acts as though he is someone else speaking for himself. Things are further complicated for Sir John and Jeremy when a new group of religious zealots determined to convert all the Jews make their presence known in Covent Garden.
Again, I enjoyed the way this novel depicted Georgian London and the way it is written in the language of the time. The plot was fast paced and interesting. I felt a couple of scenes were a bit unbelievable, but overall the story was engrossing. One thing I really liked about the first novel was Jeremy's voice and how he showed us this city through the innocent wide eyes of a country boy newly arrived. This continues in this novel although there were times when his innocence seemed a bit disingenuous.