The Ripper’s Shadow – Laura Joh Rowland Free Audiobook

Written by Laura Joh Rowland
Read by Alex Tregear
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The Ripper’s Shadow
Victorian Mystery Series, Book 1
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Release date: January 10, 2017
Duration: 12:28:32

An intrepid female photographer tracks the serial killer of the (19th) century.

London, 1888. Sarah Bain makes a modest living as a photographer on Commercial Street. A substantial part of her income derives from arty, but socially unacceptable, pictures of prostitutes. Although she’s a virgin, Sarah has a special affinity for these women and their forbidden lives.. But when two of her models are found gruesomely murdered within weeks of one another, Sarah begins to suspect it’s more than mere coincidence. Worried about the safety of her other models, she sets out to warn them. All the girls disregard her warnings.

Teamed with a motley crew of friends—including a street urchin, a gay aristocrat, a Jewish butcher and his wife, and a beautiful young actress, Catherine Price —Sarah delves into the crime of the century. But just as she starts unlocking the Ripper’s secrets, she catches the attention of the local police, who believe she knows more than she’s revealing, and the Ripper himself, who’s bent on silencing her for good.

Close calls, a surprise ending, and the suggestion of further adventures follow. Rowland, author of the long-running Sano Ichiro mystery series, has assembled an appealingly ragtag collection of amateur sleuths and keeps suspense high.
Kirkus Reviews,

VERDICT The whopper of all serial killers, Jack the Ripper, like fire, is to be handled with care, and luckily Rowland knows just how to do it, putting a new twist on old tropes with her witty sleuth, while never sacrificing historical integrity.
Library Journal, LLC