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A review by jac_lock
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
4.0
I really liked the use of actual events and timelines, as well as historical depictions of relevant pictures at the chapter title pages. The author makes it clear in her authors note at the end what was factual, modified, or made up which is helpful.
Audrey Rose is a very fascinating character with spirit uncharacteristic for her time and a penchant for forensic science. I wouldn’t recommend this book for the faint of heart (but it is a Jack the Ripper story so that’s expected); it was also not gratuitously gory.
The identity of Jack was well obscured throughout the book. I also enjoyed Audrey Rose and Thomas’ collegiate but sometimes flirty relationship. The ability of both to turn off their emotions in order to perform autopsies and investigations on some particularly gruesome crime scenes makes for interesting an interpersonal relationship between them.
I did not like the “medium” but considering he only occupied about two pages and was based on a real historical figure I’ll give it a pass.
Overall it’s a fun intersection of true crime, historical fiction, and science fiction
Audrey Rose is a very fascinating character with spirit uncharacteristic for her time and a penchant for forensic science. I wouldn’t recommend this book for the faint of heart (but it is a Jack the Ripper story so that’s expected); it was also not gratuitously gory.
The identity of Jack was well obscured throughout the book. I also enjoyed Audrey Rose and Thomas’ collegiate but sometimes flirty relationship. The ability of both to turn off their emotions in order to perform autopsies and investigations on some particularly gruesome crime scenes makes for interesting an interpersonal relationship between them.
I did not like the “medium” but considering he only occupied about two pages and was based on a real historical figure I’ll give it a pass.
Overall it’s a fun intersection of true crime, historical fiction, and science fiction