A Murderous Relation

Veronica Speedwell Mysteries, Book 5

De: Deanna Raybourn

Narrado por: Angele Masters

A royal scandal’s connection to a brutal serial killer threatens London in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

Autumn 1888. Veronica Speedwell and her colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to stop a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy. Prince Albert Victor is a regular visitor to the most exclusive private club in London, and the proprietress, Madame Aurore, has received an expensive gift that can be traced back to the prince. Lady Wellie would like Veronica and Stoker to retrieve it from the club before scandal can break.

Worse yet, London is being terrorized by what would become the most notorious and elusive serial killer in history, Jack the Ripper - and Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible.

Veronica and Stoker reluctantly agree to go undercover at Madame Auroreʼs high-class brothel, where a body soon turns up. Secrets are swirling around Veronica and the royal family - and it is up to Veronica and Stoker to find the truth, before it is too late for all of them.

©2020 Deanna Raybourn (P)2020 Recorded Books

Amazing.... AGAIN!

I have re-listened to this series 3 times, and was so happy to add this new book to my third round of listening. There is some thing so endearing about all of the characters and the way they connect to one another, obviously with Veronica and Stoker‘s relationship being the most fun. I’m looking forward to starting the series over for the fourth time. I tell everyone I can about these books, what a talented writer Ms. Raybourn is & what a spectacular narrator Angele Masters is. I found the authors note at the end to be a very sweet and thoughtful inclusion. Can’t wait for the next book in the series. Excelsior!

I hope this series continues

this has been a most thoroughly fun series to listen to. the narrator captures the essence of the stories so well and draws you in and keeps you there.

DELIGHTFUL Again!

As a big fan of this series, Deanna Raybourn and narrator Angels Masters, I anxiously awaited this next book and was again delighted with story, plot and the invincible independence and unwavering confidence of Victoria Speedwell and her irreverent sassiness with Stoker. Would that more young girls develop such confidence and self assurance to sally forth in their careers, relationships and life!

The quality I expect from the Speedwell Mysteries

Another excellent installment in the adventures of Veronica Speedwell and Stoker. The setting and dedication of this book had me anticipating a particular slant to the story and yet another take on the identity of the most notorious serial killer of the 19th century. However, this particular rendition gives a glimpse, not of the killer, but of the lives of his victims. Just a glimpse, and a shiver for Veronica of "there but for the grace of fortune". When our main characters encounter a certain Mary (Jane) Kelly... the scene, and the generosity of one who has so little and no reservations about sharing, is so much more achingly poignant.

a good series

not as good as her royal spyness but good none the less. remember read in order.

Great read!

Loved it! Angele Masters is great at pulling off the persona of each character and brings them to life. Murder, kidnapping, twist and turns were not expected and kept the reader on their toes. I cannot wait to read the next installation.

Love the series!

I love the story and the action and pace of these books! Excellent narration as well!

Fascinating stories

As a lover of history, I enjoy the way the author brings historical people into her stories causing me to want to read more about them. The authors note at the end of this one was very interesting and helpful. This is the fifth book I have listened to in the series and I will continue. The narrator is superb!!

#Stoked

Without doubt, Revelstoke Templeton-Vane is the most delicious hero I’ve ever read. He is all things manly and brave and drool-inspiring, wrapped up in romantic notions and poetry. If I said I read these books only to spend copious amounts of time with Stoker, I doubt anyone here would question that it is indeed time well spent. However, I find Veronica Speedwell to be, if not as delicious to my heterosexual inclinations, quite as fascinating; she is a woman who knows her own mind and body, and unabashedly chooses to do as she wishes. If only there were more women like her in the world at large, Beyoncé’s “Run the World” would be a literal interpretation of modern life.
I will encourage my daughter to read these novels as she gets older, and I encourage you to do the same: feed our girls Speedwell from the same hand we feed them Bennet and the Marches.

PS. If none of the above beseeches you to give the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries a read, the Victorian-era cursing may provide the needed push. “Bloody Bollocking Hell” and “Flaming Hades” have been added to my vocabularic (is that a word??) repertoire, amongst others.

A Corker of a Story

Veronica Speedwell is back! This story flies along on the talented wings of Deanna Raybourn's spirited writing and Angele Masters' buoyant narration. It's another quickly paced and quick-witted tale that concerns murder and palace intrigue. From golden palaces to dens of dark desires, we're swept along with Veronica and the hunky and handy Stoker. If you haven't read these books, begin with the first one to fully appreciate them. Each one is delightful.