Categorical Reading Lists

The Five by Hallie Rubenhold

Subtitle: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

As the actual details of the lives of these women are incredibly sparse, it was necessary to provide a lot of filler...

That being said it was really interesting filler, but it made for some grim reading, even reading about what life was like for working class women in the late 19th century, it was hard to imaginie...a very hard scrabble life.

I am glad the authour took the time to do some massive research needed to flesh out these very mis interpreted women and give them center stage. Jack the Ripper barely rates a mention in the entirety of the narrative.

 

 

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Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron

Like so many others now-a-days I am huge fan of his Slough House novels. I am still waiting for my heart to settle after the unexpected deaths at the end of Joe Country so... I thought I would branch out to read his Zoe Boehm series. Also I wanted to read the book before I watched the new Apple TV series, although I hear the series is much changed from the book.

This is Mich Herron's first book and it shows, you can see glimpses of the phenom he becomes and just saying...Zoe Boehm barely makes an appearance in this book. I will definitely keep reading.

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