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Book Review: Murder

Murder by Sarah Pinbourough, Mayhem #2  Dr. Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is still recovering from the event of the previous year when Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible. But now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames... and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy. One of the first titles that I received for reviewing last year from Jo Fletcher was Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough. Before this I had read a few detectives, most of them Sherlock Holmes, I find the detective books set in victorian London a real treat to read. But when I picked up Mayhem I was in for quite a surprise (meaning it in a very positive way!), the type of story that Sarah Pinborough managed to write was dark, darker than your average detective story. This along with the elegant an...

Mayhem

Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough A new killer is stalking the streets of London’s East End. Though newspapers have dubbed him ‘the Torso Killer’, this murderer’s work is overshadowed by the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel crimes. The victims are women too, but their dismembered bodies, wrapped in rags and tied up with string, are pulled out of the Thames – and the heads are missing. The murderer likes to keep them. Mayhem is the latest book of Sarah Pinborough who has received numerous of literary awards like the 2009 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and the 2010 British Fantasy Award for Best Novella. She has been shortlisted for the World Fantasy Awards, Shirley Jackson and British Fantasy Awards for her short fiction, novellas and other books. Sarah Pinborough mainly writes horror and thrillers and YA books. I have been trying to diversify my reading lately by verging into other genres. We all known the famous Sherlock Holmes, these types of stories,...