Stalking Jack: The Hunt Begins

Madeline Donovan #1

by Madison Kent

PROFESSIONALLY EDITED AND REVISED - MAY 20, 2015
Stalking Jack is Book One in the Madeline Donovan Mystery Series. The Harrison (Book Two) is currently available. The Mystery at Belle Magnolia (Book Three) will be released in July, 2015.
You Tube Book Trailers
Stalking Jack (Book One)
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The Harrison -A Beautiful Place to Die (Book Two)
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The Mystery at Belle Magnolia (Book Three)
https://youtu.be/Uv8S6wpSlt0





The SS City of New York is about to embark on its maiden voyage to London. This lavish liner will have its passengers filled with wonder at its opulence. Madeline Donovan has set sail for London to escape a painful occurrence in her life, but instead she is drawn into the intrigue of a mystery that will have all of London and the world talking. Newspaper accounts of the first victim of the infamous Jack the Ripper reach the ship. After that, it is all everyone is talking about, especially a group of women she will meet who will entreat her help to find their niece, who they believe may be in Whitechapel.

Jonathan Franks, a New York reporter, will become her constant companion, along with others she will meet along the way. When she arrives in Whitechapel for the first time and sees the squalor and hopelessness that permeates the streets, she is determined to hunt down Jack.

Genres: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Thriller, Historical Mystery, Mystery Thriller

352 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 14, 2014

About the author

www.madisonkentbooks.com

Madison Kent books include: The Mystery at Belle Magnolia, Stalking Jack, The Harrison, Some Saints Prey, Silver Bells Slaying, A Smidgeon of Ghosts, Devil on Deck, Sweet Murder, Smoked in Ybor, Death at The Detroit, and the latest A Gypsy's Grave.

She is a poetry contributor to Sacramento Free Press (Poems for All Chapbook) Pomona Valley Review #7 and 8, The Voices Project, The UK Poetry Library, Creations Magazine and Prose and Rhyme; short stories to Prose and Rose and The Book Patch as well as others.

Please visit the Madison Kent website at
www.madisonkentbooks.com for the latest information on upcoming books, trailers and excerpts.

Reviews

[Zain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jack the Ripper!

Madeline Donovan is a grieving widow and she is on her way to London to get her mind off of the death of her family.

She makes some new friends on her journey and it takes a little bit of her grief away.

While on the ship she reads about Jack the Ripper and how he is terrorizing London. But this doesn’t detour her from her travels.

When she gets to London she tells her new friends that she is going to visit them while she searches for Jack. And that is what she does.

Madison Kent is able to place the reader in White Chapel with all the sounds and smells.

Her descriptions are so vivid that the reader is able to imagine herself in there. I’m sure that the people who read this book are going to be delighted with the story.

Although this is a mystery thriller in genre, it is also part horror genre, too. The description of the killings are brutal and violent. Every time Madeline went to White Chapel I feared for her life because of the violence and the knowledge that Jack was hunting there.

I loved how the story ended. I didn’t even see it coming. But it is a nice tidy ending. Every thing put into place.

A five star rating. ✨✨✨✨✨

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book in many ways. I enjoyed the description of a different time period and the fear in Whitechapel along with the degradation of the people there. The many friends Madeline made helped give the story some sweetness. But my goodness, were there ever moments where I wished I could shake Madeline for being such a twit!! I know her grief contributed to her recklessness but she was a bit crazy much of the time. I will continue the series to find out where she goes next.

[Juliana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Torture

Torture

If this isn't the worst book I've read, it is certainly a close second. The customs and mores of the time were poorly researched. The different classes would never have mingled. The Prince once suspected was Albert Victor, not William. Good Lord, spend two minutes on Google. Word usage was painfully incorrect for someone in the profession of wordsmith. Misspelled words abounded. A good editor would have made a world of difference and finishing the book less painful, but this one was most definitely a stinker.

[Jennifer Whitehurst · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high hopes for this book because of its description & good reviews. I was disappointed that the story felt flat & boring because it held promise. There were multiple spelling & grammatical errors that were distracting as well.

[Johanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

ok, fine, I give up!!!
DNFd at 41% after that is jumped to the end just to see if I was right about the killer. Not a spoiler, I was. From the moment we first encountered the character I suspected that person would turn out to be Jack ... and I was right, how disappointing.
I had high hopes for this book. I had just recently finished reading a YA historical crime fiction about Jack the Ripper and liked it very much. Female leads in that time and that profession intrigue me and I really wanted to like it but Madeline Donovan was an aweful character! I just could not identify with her at all!!!
My main problems with her: Her motivation: Here is this young widow sitting on a ship from America to England, visiting for the first time, basically drowining in her grief (by the way, when I stopped reading I still didn't know how and why her husband and children died). She starts reading the newspaper about Jack the Ripper and decideds to have her own little investigation into the matter. Why? ... Because she read A Study in Scarlet! Seriously? This rich (or at least not poor woman) who knows nothing about murder investigations, about London, about Whitechaple, about the society there or anything else useful, thinks she can find this killer because she was intrigued by Sherlock Holmes's investigation style! Wow! Does it get any more arrogant, self-absorbed and deluded? And it's not even like the author didn't have a perfect opportunity to give her a better motivation! On the ship she meets two nice sisters who are looking for their niece to give her an inheritance. That niece works as a prostitute in Whitechaple! By all means, let Madeline be interested and shocked by the murders, but why not let her get drawn into the investigation via the search for the niece Polly. She became friends with the aunts, so it would be reasonable to visist them. She might even accompany them to the police or suggest hiring a private investigator. After they don't take the sisters seriously, Madeline would have had a reasonable, emotional motivation to try and find leads herself! It would have made her far more sympathetic as a character. The way she was writen, she just seemed to be a selfabsorbed rich woman from America coming to safe the unknowing prostitutes of Whitechaple! Please, not once in the first 40% of the book did she even meet a police officer who was investigating. What made her think, she of all people was more competent to find the killer than the entirety of the London police? Why was she so interested in the case in the first place? Because she wanted to distract herself from her grief? Because she was bored? She certainly didn't do it for the women or because she had any abilities others didn't. It all seemed incredibly high handed.
Another problem I had with the story were the men. There are two potential love interests for Madeline and I wondered why? Why were they interested in her to begin with? Why were they so willing to believe everything she said and do everything she asked? Why were there two men to begin with??? Jonathan at least has his own motivation to be in London and Whitechapel. He is a journalist sent to London to report on the murders. But Hugh? Why do we need him? Till the point I stopped reading there was nothing remarkable about him. He was basically just a puppy willingly following her into Whitechaple (basically the slums! Why did nobody in that story ever tell her she was nuts and she would get herself killed putting her nose where it didn't belong?!), mooning over her and taking her out to dinner ... all things Jonathan did as well. So why two men if they were basically identical and provided the same services to Madeline? Just so we could have two love interests? Completely useless! Two love interests only make sense if they offer different things to the reader and especially the female lead, for example financial security vs intelectual stimulation, stabilty vs wit, good guy vs bad guy! There are hundreds of posibilities so a writer doesn't have any excuse to have two characters who are basically interchangable for rivaling love interests.
Since I'm not a native speaker I won't go into grammatical or language mistakes, others have done that, but I will add one more compaint. The Journal entries ... Why???
Madeline writes journal through out the story and it is entirely useless. Everything she writes in there has already been thought, felt or mentioned by her before! One example: The prostitute niece turns up at one point only to disappear a few chapters later again. When Madelie hears that, one of her first thoughts is, it might have been because she wasn't able to deal with the withdrawl pain (she is addicted to opium). Later the sisters show her a letter from Polly that says exactly that, the pain was too much and she is looking for relief in Whitechaple. And then only a few pages later, she writes that down into her journal!!! I'm not an idiot! I got it the first time it was mentioned, the two other times weren't really necessary. Same goes for almost all journal entries. They only take space that could be used for more importatn things (like making me care about anything that happens), instead of repeating again and again what the reader already knows.
In conclusion, I didn't like the story, at all! I didn't care about the characters, I didn't understand most of their motivations or actions, the relationships were almost lazy, and the storyline (as far as I read) predictable. In addition to that, in several cases I felt Madeline's actions where inconsistant with the values of the time and even I know that the royal under suspicion was not Prince William. It's a shame that such an interesting idea didn't get a better execution.

[Alaina]

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[Lora Milton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings about this book. The prologue was pure info dump and there were many signs of an amateur writer; shoehorning too many subplot lines into the first chapter, showing a limited knowledge of Victorian convention, dialect, British English or proper use of apostrophes, yet the writing was strangely engaging and I took a liking to the main character, Madeleine, early in the story.

Madeleine Donovan is a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and fancies herself an amateur sleuth. She lost her family in tragedy and in the process of looking for purpose, travels to London. All the papers are full of stories about Jack the Ripper and a group of English ladies whom she meets shipboard become concerned about a niece who has gone wayward in Whitechapel and could be in danger. Madeleine vows to find her, despite the danger.

The premise is actually rather unlikely in Victorian England and the author uses American English for English character's dialogue, but the story itself is engaging and I ignored the occasional cringe and let myself enjoy the story. I think a few words didn't mean what the author thought they meant and the idea of finding bourbon in a 19th century Whitechapel pub just boggles the mind, especially contrasted with an almost encyclopedic history of the nationalities and religions of people who settled in the area shoehorned into a conversation, but I liked the main character and with Alternative History being a popular genre these days, I started treating this as Fantasy and ignored anomalies like decent women casually going out for a drink in a pub in that era.

Of all the things technically wrong with this novel, the thing that bothered me most was the attempt to have lower class characters talk in dialect. It read like something out of the hills of Arkansas rather than anywhere in all the history of England. Old ladies wearing pillbox hats (invented in 1930) in 1888 London pales by comparison. Other dialogue was sometimes stilted too. Yet despite all the historical inaccuracies and other problems, the characters were brought to life skilfully and the plot moved along in a way that kept me interested.

The editorial mistakes increased later in the book, yet the story itself took on relevance, looking into issues of obsession and addiction in a Victorian setting where opium use was rife. Madeleine is a headstrong character and I found it easy to feel sympathy for her, yet she walks into trouble on many levels and I felt needed rescuing from her own impulses.

I actually liked the way the story ended. The explanation of what happened to Jack the Ripper was as plausible as any of the popular theories and there was a wonderfully poetic passage about the way London leaves its mark on a person's soul. Just before the poinsettias all bloom in November English weather (poinsettias are native to Mexico and an old association with Christmas travelled to America when the plants were first cultivated in the U.S. in the early 1900s, long after this story takes place. The tradition never travelled to England and the plants don't survive in under 58 degrees Fahrenheit.)

Apparently there is a series and Madeleine becomes a female detective in her native Chicago, but the ripper's story is finished so I won't be following the other books. Perhaps someone who likes detective stories would enjoy them. Hopefully they'll be set in America where the language and cultural references will fit!

[Heart DeCoupeville · Rating 1 out of 5]

Life's too short. Not even a good editor could have salvaged this hot mess.

[Jada · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 41%

I don not have the energy to waste on boring books. Not when my TBR is currently taller than I am.

The dialogue is flat, the plot barely even reads like plot, there is no action or interesting characters to hold my interest a second longer. I tried to keep reading it, I did, but when I found myself skimming through pages just to get through them without paying attention to what was written, it's time to stop.

(Normally I don't star DNF reviews, but as this is an ebook and I'm also posting to Amazon, which requires a star rating, I will.)

If you have the patience to wade through this sea of words and find that the second half of the book and/or the ending is more interesting/worth the wait good for you.

But I for one could not.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book I didn't want to put it down

[William E. Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really entertaining read

This book is an author's take on the murders in Whitechapel. Even though fiction it is fascinating and a good read. I highly recommend this book.

[Madelon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Writing historical fiction requires a certain amount of research to make it believable. When writing fiction with an historical flavor aimed at a modern audience seems not to require the same diligence. I am an eclectic reader of both fiction and non-fiction and have read more than a fair number of books and articles about the infamous Jack the Ripper. Fortunately, I can enjoy a good tale despite factual inaccuracies that can be easily Googled. For example, the poisons of Whitechapel were not bourbon and whisky but rather gin and ale, and opium was not illegal.

I hate doing spoilers, but the story of Jack the Ripper is, to me, an open book. Is it a spoiler to point out inaccuracies that are in the factual record? Using the stabbing victim Martha Tabram in coincidence with the moniker Jack the Ripper is misleading since it was the publication of the "Dear Boss" letter and the Saucy Jacky postcard, which appeared in the press in late September 1888, that marks the first use of the name "Jack the Ripper" had been used to refer to the killer. Martha Tabram was murdered on August 7, 1888, and the Whitechapel murders had not yet become international news.

Madeline Donovan is aboard ship, reading multiple newspaper accounts of the Ripper, before anyone had ever suggested that Martha may have been one of Jack's victims. These newspaper accounts intimate that Martha was the latest in a streak of killings.

Also aboard the ship is a reporter from The New York Times on assignment to cover the Ripper murders. The subsequent actions of our heroine, ordering absinthe and bourbon, and using opium powder read more like a nineties party girl drinking and doing lines of cocaine, not a Victorian Era American widow.

Overall, the writing is generally sound, and the plot proceeds in a fairly logical manner. It was ambitious indeed to start this series with what has been called the world's first serial killer about whom books, movies and television shows have been written and performed. At least this is not another blatant conspiracy theory on Jack's identity.

STALKING JACK feels like a modern story where the villain has been named Jack and the location changed from some modern party town to Whitechapel.

[Tommy Maker · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book quite middle of the road. Author certainly needed to do more research, relating to suspects, but did hit on something I have always thought, what if Jack was a woman!

I lived in Whitechapel and worked in the hospital there for years. It's still deemed to have shady characters in that part of London.

I know some of the streets, where the murders took place, and have often felt an eerie feeling in certain areas of them streets.

I do believe Arthur Conan Doyle was asked by the police to assist them with solving the murders, and discovering who Jack was, but not sure if have read or heard that somewhere.

There was talk that Jack was a Dr. and used tunnels linking the underground to the hospital, as a means of getting away undiscovered.

They do hold Ripper Walks where a guide will take you round the area, visiting the locations.

I suppose we will never know the truth of who he was. I'm not convinced it's who Madeline exposed, as being him.

[Nicole Shelby · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have read several of the books in Madison Kent's series of the amateur investigations of Madeline Donovan. Since, I have read multiples of Kent's work, I feel like I have to justify my 3stars ratings for them.

I did not choose such a mediocre rating because of a lack of plot or characterization within her stories. The foundational tales for her work are good. This historical research is excellent. Her characters have strengths as well as flaws. The relationships between are good. The creativity of plot is great.

But, for heaven's sake, Kent needs an editor. The stories are good enough that I push past the flaws in execution. Though the flaws do pull me out of the tale, and make me want to grab a red pen. The dialogue needs work. The transitions are not always clear, or flow quite right. The core is there, it just all needs a bit of finessing.

[Kat Lebo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Stalking Jack: The Hunt Begins (Madeline Donovan #1)
by Madison Kent

I really like this author's ability to spin a great yarn. The characters are relatable. The action is great. The plotting and pacing perfection. But like to many authors with great potential today, Madison Kent can't seem to make herself fire decent proofreaders and/or editors. In fact, I'm not sure she has proofreaders, beta readers, or editors. I compiled 7 notebook pages of errors -- errors that should be easily caught by grade schoolers. Their for there and, later, there for their, mixing up which character is speaking, not only by name but by gender, poorly constructed sentences, idioms that would not have been in use in the late 1880s, etc.

Such a shame. So much potential and all of it wasted.

[Bettye McKee]

A mystery from history

Madeline Donovan is traveling from Chicago to London while grieving her lost family. The story tells of the friends she makes and the grief and loneliness she tries to overcome with alcohol and drugs.

She becomes obsessed with finding and stopping Jack the Ripper, a most dangerous quest. How many of us would actively seek to confront a serial killer?

The book is made more difficult to read by numerous errors. The purpose of punctuation is to assist the reader in understanding the message. The semicolon serves a distinct purpose when used correctly. However, it is not a substitute for a comma. Also SpellCheck is not infallible. A good writer should never skip the proofreading step.

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[Tony Parsons · Rating 5 out of 5]

8/12/1888, Chicago, IL. The SS City of New York (luxury liner) had just taken its 1st. maiden voyage.
Mrs. Madeline Donovan (narrator, widow) was aboard.
Phillip (17, waiter) had brought her a current edition of the Star, which portrayed Jack the Ripper, as a horrible monster in the killing of woman in Whitechapel, England.
Jonathan Franks (reporter New York Times) had taken a fancy to her but she really wasn’t interested in him.
He was quite persistent & she agreed to have dinner with him.

Madeline had gotten off the ocean liner, grabbed a Hansom carriage & will stay at the Hotel George.
Madeline had frequented Ten Bells pub, Horn of Plenty pub, The Britannia pub, Princess Alice pub, & Buck’s Row pub, looking for Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols (Anna/Helen’s niece, Penny).
Madeline’s investigation continues with Mr. Frank Motts (elderly, retired copper), Blue Coat Boy pub, Frying Pan pub, Kings Row pub, Ten Bells, & Queens Head pub.
Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols had been found, but the Dr. said she had to overcome her, lack of nutrition & opium addiction withdrawals.
Johnathan had invited Madeline “Maddy” out for dinner/drinks.
Aunt Annie “Anna” (Helen’s sister), & Aunt Helen (Anna’s sister), informed Madeline Polly had run away & left a note.
Scotland Yard is doing their best to track down Jack the Ripper.
Martha Tabram had been brutally murdered.
8/30/1888, The London Times had reported Polly “Pearly Poll” Nichols (2nd. victim, prostitute) had been murdered also.
9/8/1888, John Davis had found a woman’s body in his backyard.
Annie Chapman is her name.
Scotland Yard had even called in the world-famous Arthur Conan Doyle to see if he could lend some light on the mounting murder cases.
Catherine Eddowes (prostitute) was the next victim.

Then Elizabeth Stride (poverty stricken) had been brutally murdered.
Mrs. Madeline Donovan, & Jonathan Franks continue their detective work also.
& then Mary Kelly face was badly hacked into pieces.
It seems Jack has stopped for now. Or maybe moved on. Or who knows.

Warning: This book is for adults only & contains extreme violent or graphic adult content or profanity &/or sexually explicit scenarios. It may be offensive to some readers.

I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.

A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written murder mystery book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great murder mystery movie, or better yet a mini TV series. There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating of 5 stars.

Thank you for the free self-published; Amazon Digital Services LLC; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)

[Cheryl Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Ripper with a new twist

Madeline lost her husband and children in a house fire and is struggling to recover from the loss. She takes a trip to London, via an ocean liner meeting several people who end up being very close friends, they share her interest of Jack for different reasons. Once in London she begins to feel an interest in the world again, her hunt begins. At first she is careful only going to Whitechapel with other's company but before long she is traveling alone and at night. Woman after woman are being killed and she becomes determined to bring Jack down. I don't think you will see the twist coming. Enjoy

[Suzie Hamel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Charming entertainment

An interesting twist on the Jack the Ripper case. It took me a little time to really get into the story. Madeline Donovan is a young widow on a trip to England and takes up detective work to help her new friends. A few chills, some danger, and absinthe and opium all mix into a pleasant concoction for passing a rainy afternoon. The mystery aspect was ok, but the characters were charming and entertaining. If you like your mysteries more of the Lillian Jackson Braun type, you will enjoy this.

[Carla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jack

Madeline becomes obsessed with finding Jack the Ripper. A widow, she travels to London for a change of scenery and to try to overcome the deep depression she has fallen into. Once there, she helps two older friends find their niece who has fallen into the streets of Whitechapel.

They find the niece but she returns to the streets only to become a victim of Jack. The next victim is also known to Madeline and thus the die is cast.

Will she find Jack? Will she become one of his victims? Will she finally come to accept her family's death and begin living again

[jeryl thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Names...too confusing?

I really wanted to love this series, but,alas, I couldn't. The dialogue was too repetitive. Dates didn't always line up. And the names! They weren't that confusing; so why was Madeline talking to Helen while Anna was upstairs then suddenly she's speaking to Anna while Helen is coming down the stairs. Another chapter, as Hugh is hurt and Jonathan was supposed to be asking how he is. "How are you?", says Hugh!
And lastly, if Madeline was Mrs. Donovan, how is her father Dr. Donovan??!!

[Judith Sentyz · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAT A BOOK

I have always had a curiosity about Jack the Ripper so anytime I see a book about him and Whitechapel I try to read it. I am most glad I got yours, Ms. Kent. Wonderful story. I could almost believe it. Such a rich, descriptive novel. Actually, I could read it again. Looking forward to your next book, which I may buy this week. Thank you for all your wonderful research.

[Blue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some Issues... And Don't Let Them Stop You!

There were awkward transitions & what seem to be editing (grammar, spelling & usage) issues.
That said, this is a highly engaging & entertaining story that I definitely will continue to enjoy & heartily recommend. What a wonderful alternate universe - and is it really? - for the Ripper history fans among us.
Brava, Madison! Well done, madam.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really wanted to like this as the premise was good and could have been a really good story but it was let down on a number of counts.
It could have done with some proof-reading. Some errors could be blamed on spell-checkers e.g. 'compliment' instead of 'complement'. In one instance the characters swapped places with a previously absent person replacing the initial one in the midst of a conversation.
These errors can be ignored even if they jar a little but the lack of research cannot. What could have led to some light humour was missed because of this. For example the difference between American and British English such as the lowest floor of a building being known as the Ground Floor in Britain but the First Floor in America.
Did pubs (which would use the definite article so 'The Ten Bells' not just 'Ten Bells') in an English Victorian slum area really sell expensive, imported, bourbon and soda when the drinks were more likely to have been gin, ale or porter?
London is a river port, so a ship would be in sight of land, even in the English Channel, for at least half a day after embarking.
Despite the above I will give the next book in the series a go, as these problems may not be so evident with the author on home ground.

[Barb Wiggins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sta.liking Jack

I have always loved stories of Jack the Ripper. This story written as if we were living in the 1800's, walking the streets with them gave a glimpse into their way of life and the terror of knowing he was out there. I recommend this book to all Jack lovers and any who want to travel back to historic London. Well done!

[Erth · Rating 5 out of 5]

now i am hooked. This was such a great, easy and creative book. i was hooked after the first page.

The characters were easy to fall in love with and follow, along with the story. the author made the mental visions so easy and vivid of the surroundings and the characters actions felt so real.

i would highly recommend this author and this book.

[Carol Baker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting take on the Jack the Ripper legend. While reading it I did some research about the details, and it includes a lot of fact. It also includes a lot of myth surrounding the murders in Whitechapel. The characters are likable, and the story is not easily predictable. The book is also not overly graphic. If you like Ripper tales, you will probably enjoy this book.

[Pegge D Marjamaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read!

I so annoyed this story although I must .com free that I felt I would not, why I know not why. It was most intriguing to me with twist a d turns I did not expect at all. Well done and thank you for sharing the talent that God has given you, you use it well. Now on to my next book of yours, as if two are good the rest must follow. Be well a d never stop writing.

[martha s. williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book one

This was an enjoyable interlude, I'm pleased to say. The book has that quality about it that has me looking things up to get more information. And of course there's Jack. Madeline got on my nerves a bit with her naivity. Sometimes I wanted to shake her, but it made the story come alive just the same.

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvelous

I love stories revolving around female investigators & this book did not disappoint! It did take quite an unexpected dark turn that rather upset me but it just emphasizes how good the writing is to evoke that kind of emotion from the reader. Looking forward to the next book in this series.