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InkedBookworm13
Stalking Jack the Ripper | Kerri Maniscalco
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#ItTakesAllKinds Day5 F & NF with same topic
Jack the Ripper.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Brilliant pairing 👏🏻👏🏻 3w
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deeannloso
Stalking Jack the Ripper | Kerri Maniscalco
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“This #1 New York Times bestseller and deliciously creepy horror novel has a storyline inspired by the Ripper murders and an unexpected, blood-chilling conclusion.”

Bluebird Great cover! 1mo
deeannloso @Bluebird It is a really cool cover! 1mo
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robinb
The Business of Blood | Kerrigan Byrne
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Pickpick

This is quite a switch from this author‘s normal historical romances. It‘s a very dark and graphic mystery centering around a young woman, Fiona Mahoney, who becomes London‘s first Post-Mortem Sanitation Specialist (as she dubs herself) who cleans up after gruesome crimes. She‘s a flawed character who I couldn‘t help rooting for. Her personal mission is to track down Jack the Ripper who murdered her best friend/cousin. Also involved in her story🔻

robinb are a police inspector, an underworld crime boss, and a Native American assassin. This was so well done. I‘ve always enjoyed Byrne‘s romances, but I‘m hoping this foray into dark mystery will continue as I was pulled into the unsavory, dangerous slums right along with these characters and am totally invested to see where this crusade ends up. Very well done. 4.5/5⭐️ #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
CoffeeK8 I love this one! I hope she writes a sequel sometime! 2mo
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robinb @CoffeeK8 There are actually two with a third coming in April. Here‘s the second one. 2mo
CoffeeK8 @robinb you have made my day! 💕 2mo
robinb @CoffeeK8 Oh good! I love it when someone does that for me. 🤗 2mo
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Birdsong28
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New podcast on the BBC sounds app.

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OutsmartYourShelf
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Pickpick

Although a great deal of the original contemporary documents & files have now been lost, those that remain are here examined to see what they tell us about the thoughts of those investigating the crimes at the time. It follows the murders chronologically with a great deal of cross-referencing to provide an objective look at the killings. This is not a seamless narrative of the crime that reads like a novel. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf This is a meticulous examination of the remaining physical evidence (letters, reports, interview transcripts etc) of the crimes of Jack the Ripper. There's a lot of additional information about the people named & events that occurred on the periphery of the murders contained in the references & I spent a lot of time flipping back & forth between the main book & the reference section.
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OutsmartYourShelf It's definitely given me a lot to think about. This is definitely more of an academic style read & can be a little tough-going at times, but I found it worth persevering.
5🌟

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1377863926
Read 4th-7th Jan 2024

#ReadAway2024 #WinterClearDown #192025Challenge (1998)
@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
@Librarybelle @Puddlejumper
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Librarybelle Sounds very interesting! 3mo
Andrew65 Sounds an interesting read, if we only knew what did happen. 3mo
DieAReader 🥳Awesome! 2mo
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ElizaMarie
From Hell | Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell
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So, I am not #DNF this one, but I don't foresee myself picking it up and browsing through it in any definite timeline. It is good, and I am enjoying it, but physically, it's difficult to read (the typeface is hard on my eyes). So, I feel it's not a “relaxing/fun“ read for me right now. It will stay near my bed though, so I do plan on getting to it eventually.

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peaKnit
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Happy New Year! 🥳 tagged the first book of 2024, a pick from @Birdsong28 for #auldlangspine - I‘m grateful to shut the door on 2023, plan some new goals and plans.

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eris404
A Night in the Lonesome October | Roger Zelazny, Gahan Wilson
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Another book from my #31DaysOfHorror marathon in October I‘m late on posting. I enjoy reading this every year, reading a chapter a day (even though this is a fairly short book). I generally like books that use classic characters (Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, etc), and they are so well done here. The new characters (the animal companions) though are the real stars here. The world is enchanting and puts me in the Halloween spirit every time.

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ElizaMarie
From Hell | Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell
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As always —- I 💜💜💜 seeing my name in print 😍

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
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AroundTheBookWorld
Stalking Jack the Ripper | Kerri Maniscalco
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I placed my thumb and forefinger on the icy flesh, spreading it taut above the breastbone as Uncle had showed me.
Getting the preliminary incision correct was imperative.
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