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A review by celtic67
The Gaslight Stalker by David Field
1.0
I received this ARC from Sapere books for an honest review.
This was a different read for me. I like crime but don't read much historical fiction.
This book had a bit of everything, crime fiction, historical fiction and loosely true crime. Set in Victorian London in the late 1800's. The true crime is the Jack The Ripper Case.
The fiction is obviously the investigation of this case.
It is a tale of two stories. The investigation of the case and the story of the relationship between Jack and Esther. Jack is a young police constable and Esther a Jewish orphan. It is a tale of early police investigation and the relationship between Jack and Esther faces racial prejudice. Also the bias against her as a woman.
The writing is of a high quality and this author has set his bar high and he will need to be at the top of his form in future books.
It gives the reader a good grounding of the social history of the Victorian age. Warts and all.
It shows how the poor lived and the rich and powerful take advantage of them.
I believe this is the first in a series and I look forward to reading more of this series as and when they appear.
Well done David and thanks for the story and I look forward to more from you.
This was a different read for me. I like crime but don't read much historical fiction.
This book had a bit of everything, crime fiction, historical fiction and loosely true crime. Set in Victorian London in the late 1800's. The true crime is the Jack The Ripper Case.
The fiction is obviously the investigation of this case.
It is a tale of two stories. The investigation of the case and the story of the relationship between Jack and Esther. Jack is a young police constable and Esther a Jewish orphan. It is a tale of early police investigation and the relationship between Jack and Esther faces racial prejudice. Also the bias against her as a woman.
The writing is of a high quality and this author has set his bar high and he will need to be at the top of his form in future books.
It gives the reader a good grounding of the social history of the Victorian age. Warts and all.
It shows how the poor lived and the rich and powerful take advantage of them.
I believe this is the first in a series and I look forward to reading more of this series as and when they appear.
Well done David and thanks for the story and I look forward to more from you.