Mind of a Killer

A Victorian History

By: Simon Beaufort

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

London, 1882. Alec Lonsdale, a young reporter on the Pall Mall Gazette, is working on a story about a fatal house fire. But the postmortem on the victim produces shocking results: Patrick Donovan's death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant and steal part of his brain?

When a second body is discovered, its throat cut, and then a third, Lonsdale and his spirited female colleague, Hulda Friederichs, begin to uncover evidence of a conspiracy that reaches to the highest echelons of Victorian society.

©2018 Simon Beaufort (P)2018 Oakhill Publishing

Open to the sequel

Hard to follow for me, so that by the time of the resolution I was fine with calling the book quits.

That having been said, I'm more than willing to listen to the sequel as I cut authors some slack and setting up a series in the first book. The pair of journalists investigating the murders work well together, and the potential love interest for Alec seems like an okay lady. My quandary is that I grew very attached to the audio narration itself, while the sequel features a different reader!

So, I'd recommend the story for its series potential, rather than the specific plot itself.

OUTSTANDING STORY AND NARRATOR!

I am now a fan of Simon Beaufort's books and Johnathan Keeble narrating them! A gripping, gritting, suspenseful story read beautifully by Jonathan Keeble. The plot twists were believable and suspenseful. I will keep watching for more books by Beaufort and hope that Jonathan Keeble is the narrator.

fabulous

Well done! the reader made the story come to life! the story was great with so many twist and turns I never got bored listening!

Gears up and falls short

This book was very well-written and offered such promise until 2/3 of the way through. The reveal and ending were perfunctory and felt rushed. The ending lacked authenticity and left me feeling ‘who cares’ on an event that should have mattered. If the author had connected it back to characters who were struggling or who had lost their lives and made us really feel the inhumanity in it, she might have salvaged the entire novel.

Really, really good

I really hope this is the beginning of a series- loved the story in this historical period, the characters, the narrator-
I have many historical mysteries in my library and found this one by chance. It is now one of my favorites.
I hope there will be many more!

Excellent story!

Excellent narrator. I do hope this is the beginning of a series. the author and narrator made a great team.

Simply put, excellent!

Great story telling. Many twists and turns. Narrator is amazing! Found by chance and glad I did.

When will the next one be out?

I enjoyed this very much. So far as historical fiction goes, not as much as Graham Moore’s “The Last Days of Night,” but quite enough to have me searching for the next or prior “Alec Lonsdale Victorian Mystery” before the book was even done. (Only to be disappointed to find this was the first of the series with apparently no next one yet announced.) And I only had to look up one word (lugubrious: mournful, dismal, or gloomy). 😉😃

Jonathan Keeble voice actor!

Book one was narrated by Jonathan Keeble and promised to make a good series great, so WHY did they change the narrator for book 2 ?! Mr Keeble really gives his all the fight scenes and the voice he uses for the waspish fiance of Jack is hilarious and perfect.

Good story. Great and talented narrator.

Intriguing story, a crime novel from a reporter's perspective. Set in Gas light London, the crimes bolstered by the socio-economic aspect of the times makes this fabulous historical fiction. I was very surprised at how incredibly riveting the story and the narrator's performance was. kudos to author and production.