Mayhem

After reading Behind Her Eyes, I was interested in reading another one of Pinborough's books. This one is a novel about the Thames Torso Murders that were taking place when Jack the Ripper was active in London. At the time, many believed the killers were one and the same. t's hard to believe the Torso Murders have not gotten more notoriety (or at least I wasn't well aware of them). The book seems well-researched. I looked up some details as I was reading and ended up in a few rabbit holes myself. She uses a supernatural spin, which I think makes the book fun and exciting. It's pretty gory, obviously, but I will definitely read Murder, the second of two books in this series.

A solid supernatural mystery that is very evocative of late Victorian London. Nothing wrong with it, but it just didn't quite have that extra zing to lift it that I could have done with. I preferred the author's Dog Faced Gods trilogy, but I'll be looking out for the sequel to this one anyway.