Dark doings in Victorian London!
Ring, The: A Victorian Mystery (A Grand & Batchelor Mystery #5)
by M.J. Trow
I loved the setting of this novel! The dark and forbidding underside of London in Victorian times. The mists around the Thames, the hovels, and the disappearance of Emilia Byng, the wealthy wife of a timber merchant Selwyn Byng.
Gruesomely female body parts are turning up in the waterways. Is there a link?
There's a fair smattering of humor throughout the writing and some interesting secondary characters. So all the prerequisites are in place for a cracking read, but for me this just didn't quite get to a four star read. I must admit to having trouble identifying with the main protagonists, Private enquiry agents Matthew Grand and James Batchelor.
A NetGalley ARC
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by M.J. Trow
I loved the setting of this novel! The dark and forbidding underside of London in Victorian times. The mists around the Thames, the hovels, and the disappearance of Emilia Byng, the wealthy wife of a timber merchant Selwyn Byng.
Gruesomely female body parts are turning up in the waterways. Is there a link?
There's a fair smattering of humor throughout the writing and some interesting secondary characters. So all the prerequisites are in place for a cracking read, but for me this just didn't quite get to a four star read. I must admit to having trouble identifying with the main protagonists, Private enquiry agents Matthew Grand and James Batchelor.
A NetGalley ARC
***
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