Summary:
Groomed to be the perfect highborn Victorian young lady, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has a decidedly different plan for herself. After the loss of her beloved mother, she is determined to understand the nature of death and its workings. Trading in her embroidery needle for an autopsy scalpel, Audrey secretly apprentices in forensics. She soon gets drawn into the investigation of serial killer Jack the Ripper, but to her horror, the search for clues brings her far closer to her sheltered world than she ever thought possible.
My Thoughts:
I was waiting quite a while to read this, but I'm glad I picked it up. I have a weird fascination for literature that has to do with Jack the Ripper.
I instantly fell in love with Audrey. She doesn't want to be a gossiping housewife, she wants to be a scientist. (if I wasn't so bad at science, I would want to go into forensics too).
I originally thought that Thomas would turn out to be Jack, but it ended up being (spoilers) her brother trying to successfully perform a transplant and attempt to bring their mother back to life. I briefly suspected the father, but I thought it would be too much of a cliche for it to be him.
I hope that in the sequels we get to know Thomas and Audrey's father better. In the meantime, I have another fantastic book to add to my concerningly growing stack of books about serial killers.
My Rating: 5 stars
