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A review by plantladyreader
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
4.0
This book was so easy to get lost in.
It’s nice reading books based on real people or events, because you go into the story with a general idea of what is going to happen.
With this book, Maniscalco put a twisted spin on the infamous Jack the Ripper.
We follow Aubrey Rose struggling with her fathers and society’s opinion of what a young girl should be doing - tea parties, learning to keep a home, and forming no opinions besides what her father and potential spouse give her. However, AR is none of those things! She’s an intelligent, determined girl, looking to work as a forensics pathologist with the help of her uncle. Within his class, she also comes across Thomas, who thankfully is enraptured by her brains as well as beauty, and sees her being her own, independent person as opposed to his housewife. We watch as AR and Thomas fight with their feelings, as well as hunting down the notorious serial killer who is harvesting organs. The slow evolution of their relationship really gets you rooting for them as a couple.
I will say, I enjoyed the setting of this novel, and learning about the medical practices available to pathologists within the late nineteenth century. It was interesting to read about a murder investigation where it wasn’t as simple as fingerprints and DNA to solve the murder. However, the story was rather easy to figure out, as a key sentence on the back cover immediately divulges a very small list of people who could be the killer Aubrey Rose and Thomas are searching for. However, I still enjoyed the book, and look forward to reading more within this series.
4
It’s nice reading books based on real people or events, because you go into the story with a general idea of what is going to happen.
With this book, Maniscalco put a twisted spin on the infamous Jack the Ripper.
We follow Aubrey Rose struggling with her fathers and society’s opinion of what a young girl should be doing - tea parties, learning to keep a home, and forming no opinions besides what her father and potential spouse give her. However, AR is none of those things! She’s an intelligent, determined girl, looking to work as a forensics pathologist with the help of her uncle. Within his class, she also comes across Thomas, who thankfully is enraptured by her brains as well as beauty, and sees her being her own, independent person as opposed to his housewife. We watch as AR and Thomas fight with their feelings, as well as hunting down the notorious serial killer who is harvesting organs. The slow evolution of their relationship really gets you rooting for them as a couple.
I will say, I enjoyed the setting of this novel, and learning about the medical practices available to pathologists within the late nineteenth century. It was interesting to read about a murder investigation where it wasn’t as simple as fingerprints and DNA to solve the murder. However, the story was rather easy to figure out, as a key sentence on the back cover immediately divulges a very small list of people who could be the killer Aubrey Rose and Thomas are searching for. However, I still enjoyed the book, and look forward to reading more within this series.
4