The Beast of London

Mina Murray, Book 1

De: Lauren Goffigan

Narrado por: Danielle Cohen

In this electrifying retelling of a classic tale, Mina Murray takes center stage, embarking on a dangerous adventure...

London, 1890. Mina Murray once lived an adventurous life, but after a tragedy in the forests of Transylvania, she left it all behind. Now she has settled into a quiet routine as a schoolteacher in London, engaged to the respectable solicitor Jonathan Harker, attempting to fit into the stuffy upper class London society to which he belongs.

But when vampires abduct Jonathan, her dark past comes careening into her present. Determined to rescue him, she teams up with her former paramour Abraham Van Helsing and his colleague, Scotland Yard Inspector John Seward.

As they pursue Jonathan's abductors from England to the Low Countries and beyond, Mina realizes that Jonathan's abduction is tied to a larger threat against humanity... .

You will love The Beast of London because it's a thrilling historical fantasy with romance, shocking twists, and suspense that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Scroll up and grab your copy today!

The Mina Murray Series:

• The Beast of London (Book One)
• Fortress of Blood (Book Two)
• Realm of Night (Book Three)
• Mina Murray Series Bundle (Books One-Three)

©2017 L.D. Goffigan (P)2019 L.D. Goffigan

The Beast of London

Excellent writing!I enjoyed this book.Danielle Cohen was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 

Mina Murray, Van Helsing and Vampires

The Beast of London was a good take on the vampire genre with many familiar characters such as Mina Murray, Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker and of course Dracula. The story begins in London at the time of the Ripper murders and follows the character of Mina Murray who is now a school teacher. She is engaged to be married to Jonathan Harker and as they are out at a Society function there is an intrusion by a group of Vampires which abduct numerous people including her fiance Jonathan. Mina is in quite a state and goes on a quest to find Jonathan at all costs, she embarks on this quest with Abraham Van Helsing(her ex lover) who had just returned to town to try to enlist her help with said vampires who he believed were involved in the Ripper murders and also had bit his friends wife who was currently infected.

It is a different take on the classic Dracula story and has quite a big of action and intrigue and bit of romance and love triangle situation going on. The narration by Danielle Cohen was very good and her accents were pretty good. Overall I really enjoyed the story and some of the surprises that came to light. I am interested to see how it continues in future installments.

"Please note I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

New Twist on a Character I Love

The Beast of London by L.D. Goffigan was so good! I loved the new twist on the character of Mina from the Dracula stories. I was immediately pulled into this book. The author wrote vivid imagery and great details. This book was classified as Supernatural and Paranormal under Mystery and Thrillers. I found it to be so much more. I will definitely listen to more books by this author and narrator. Danielle Cohen was magical bringing the characters to life. She has a rich articulate voice that is perfect for this time period listen. I requested this review copy auidobook and have voluntary written this review. I definitely want to continue this Mina Murray series.

Magnetic!

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Historical fantasy spin regarding Jack the Ripper.

I really enjoyed the NON sparkly vampire with iconic literary characters.
The writing was tight; the world building incredible; the characters were tangible and realistic; the plot was unique and magnetic.
Reviews of the second book were less promising. As much as I want to pick up the next in the series, I’m uncertain if I will.
I enjoyed listening to Danielle Cohen. She did a wonderful job! I would definitely listen to more from her.

This is my voluntary review of an audiobook received for free.

Dracula in London

With only a cursory familiarity of the original Stoker's Dracula, the names are familiar, but the storyline makes less sense to me than it would to someone who had read the original Dracula.

Happy Find!

Excellent narration, engaging story, good writing, creative--I loved it! I appreciated that there were no sex scenes and minimal swearing. I have nothing to complain about, and I'm pretty picky with my books. I already bought the second book and hope Audible gets the other books in this series!

Dracula's retelling, and it is sooooooooooo good!

Told from Mina Murray's POV, this audiobook was a delightful surprise. The use of Stoker's characters is fresh, and yet faithful to their personalities, the writing full of suspense and the plot thrilling.

I like the original characters, too, and the new mythology about vampires, so, yes, I'm dying to know what happens next :P

Danielle Cohen does a superb job narrating this =D

I’ve already bought the Next Book.....

I’m gushing over this book! This retelling of Mina, Johnathon, Lucy and Van Helsing’s story had me completely engrossed. I love when a talented and articulate author dares to retell a classic like Bram Stokers Dracula. Creating a new backstory and bringing the mystery and adventure forward is exciting. I love Mina apart from her internal/external repeated dialog of “we must find Johnathon” (we get that...it’s why you left London). Is something/someone following them to Transylvania? HA! No Spoilers.
The Narrator on this book was EXCELLENT! I was completely immersed. I’m actually bummed the next book isn’t on Audible but I already bought the next book on Kindle anyway!

*I was given a free copy of this book in lieu of an honest review ......and it is this book comes highly recommended by me.

Worth the time to read!

What if?
Suppose it is Mina's father who was the first British victim of the Vampire. Suppose that Jack the Ripper is actually the Vampire. Suppose that Jonathan Harker was abducted from a fashionable London ballroom by the Vampire and taken away to Transylvania and was followed by his fiancee Mina and Abraham Van Helsing. Well, read this and find out! A totally different perspective on the classic tale to be enjoyed on its own merit! Loved it!
Narrator Danielle Cohen adds to the suspense and urgency.
I won this free audiobook in a giveaway!

A Wonderfully Entertaining Vampire Adventure

I received this book for free. I am voluntarily leaving this review and all opinions expressed herein are mine.

This is the first book in the Mina Murray series. It is not a standalone book and has a cliffhanger ending. None of the issues/problems raised in this book are resolved. While I can understand that the main issue may not be resolved in a multi-book story, at least resolve some minor issues to provide the reader some satisfaction or a sense of completion. I am not a fan of this type of gimmick and that's really the only reason why this book did get a five-star rating.

Here, Mina used to travel with her father, who was a researcher/scientist. After her father's death, under circumstances Mina wants to forget a d not believe to be true, she comes to London. In London, Mina becomes a teacher and engaged to Jonathon. Jonathon's mother believes Mina to be beneath Jonathon's status and is not shy about letting Mina know her distaste regarding the engagement. Mina and Jonathon attend a ball when out of the blue, Mina's former love interest Abraham shows up. Soon thereafter, Jonathon is kidnapped. Mina joins forces with Abraham to find Jonathon and hunt down the vampires responsible for her father's death.

This is a very well written reformulation of Dracula in a wonderful descriptive writing style filled with action-packed sequences, historical tidbits, plenty of blood lusting monsters, and emotional drama. The focus here is on Mina - a strong, smart woman - completely different than other women of her time - she is assertive, independent, has a job and is more than willing to break the societal mores of her time. Part of Mina's journey is discovering more about who she is and where she comes from - as well as accepting some of these facts. I loved the historical "retelling" of events if vampires were to exist.

The narrator did a great job. She complimented the story by adding a lot of emotion and tension to her reading. This was the first time that I have had the opportunity of listening to her work and I really enjoyed it.