Mogsy's Pick
Murder by Sarah Pinborough: May 1, 2014 (Jo Fletcher Books)
This week I'm really hankering for this sequel to Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough, a great supernatural horror novel I read last year about the Whitechapel murders...which actually didn't turn out to be a story about Jack the Ripper! Some of the killings between 1888 and 1891 were different enough that investigators
theorized that they could have been committed by another person other
than Jack. The idea of a separate "Torso Killer" in these "Thames
Mysteries" is what formed the basis for that book. Now Dr. Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is back on the case, because true evil never takes a break.
I love these UK covers too!
"Dr. Thomas Bond, Police
Surgeon, is still recovering from the event of the previous year when
Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy
hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case
are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible.
But now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames... and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy."
But now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames... and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy."
Oh gosh, the cover was too creepy that I barely got to the synopsis! I know, I know, I'm a scaredy cat.
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Review: Of Stardust
Pretty cover. And a lack of Jack the Ripper is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI like the UK covers for being pretty and artsy. Mayhem just came out over here in January, with a great cover too, but it's way creepier.
DeleteThat Is a nice cover. I haven't read Mayhem but saw lots of good reviews. I love that time period:-)
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