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Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, Book 3

De: Alex Grecian

Narrado por: John Curless

Scotland Yard's Murder Squad faces the most shocking case of its existence, in the extraordinary new historical thriller from the author of the acclaimed national best seller The Yard.

London, 1890: Four vicious murderers have escaped from prison, part of a plan gone terribly wrong, and now it is up to Walter Day, Nevil Hammersmith, and the rest of Scotland Yard's Murder Squad to hunt down the convicts before the men can resume their bloody spree. But they might already be too late. The killers have retribution in mind, and one of them is heading straight toward a member of the Murder Squad, and his family.

And that isn't even the worst of it. During the escape, the killers have stumbled upon the location of another notorious murderer, one thought gone for good but now prepared to join forces with them.

Jack the Ripper is loose in London once more.

©2014 Alex Grecian (P)2014 Penguin

Jack the Ripper

When members and a secret society hold Jack the Ripper underground in London’s catacombs worlds collide with a prison breakout. Inspector Day goes out to apprehend the prisoners and gets snared in Jack the Ripper’s web.

Great narrator

scary! chilling. I could not stop listening to t

I listened to the previous books in this in series and loved the narrator. It took a bit to get used to the different narrator -but his voice fit perfectly and made the book just chilling.

not my favorite in the series

the switch in narrators surprisingly bothered me quite a bit. this third installment wasn't bad but it did feel rushed and was a bit predictable. truly enjoyed the first two books in the series more.

Not the greatest

Prior narrator was much better. Plot disjointed at best. Prior books much more interesting and engaging.

I want narrator Toby Leonard Moore back!

Toby Leonard Moore was a much better narrator for this series. I don't know why they changed narrators after the first 2 books. In my opinion, John Curless ruined a lot of the characters for me. Claire Day became so whiney in this book, I couldn't stand to listen to her. And Inspector Day lost the authority in his voice. I thought he sounded somewhat weak and scared in most of the book, even when he had no reason to. The Inspector Day of the first two books in the series, always sounded authoritative, professional, and confident. If there are more books to come, please go back to the original narrator! I still liked the story line a great deal, but as audio book lovers know, a narrator can make the book much better or worse, so in my opinion, this book wasn't as good as the first two, but as stated, it was still a very imaginative and thrilling story line.

Suspenseful!

I've listened to the other two books as well, and this is just another great addition. Kept me on my toes, waiting to hear what would happen next. Well done- can't wait to start the next in the series.

Grim

I will not do another. Too graphic to stay fun. I wanted it to just hurry and end.

Thin Plot with Lots of Gore

I found this book very disappointing. I had read the first two books and they were quite good. The first in the series is by far the best.

This book takes place over a 2 day period and deals with recapturing escaped prisoners. One of the escapees is Tailor who was the murderer in the first book of the series, and the other is Jack the Ripper, who has been hidden in an underground cell since his capture. A few prisoners are quickly rounded up but the Tailor and Jack are still on the loose. At the same time that Day and Hammersmith are hunting escaped prisoners, Day's wife is giving birth with the assistance of Dr. Kingsley and his daughter Fiona.

Part of the story takes place in the catacombs of London where Jack has chained Day to the wall. What follows is an overly long conversation between Jack and Day. When Jack leaves, Day miraculously uses his cuff links to unlock his chains and sets off after Jack despite his wounds.

As one would suspect the Tailor heads for Day's house followed by Jack. What follows is lots of gore, a detailed description of Mrs. Day's labor, blood everywhere, Jack carves up the tailor in Jack the Ripper style. Just about then Day and Hammersmith arrive - more mayhem and blood and gore. Finally Mrs. Day's gives birth and we hear about a new mass murderer called The Harvest Man and Jack escapes. This sets the scene for the next book in the series which obviously will have Jack the Ripper and The Harvest Man on the loose.

As I said there is not much plot here - more a short story than a novel. It is padded with monologues, detailed description of giving birth, and carving up victims Jack the Ripper style. There is very little suspense in the story. We know who the bad guys are from the start, so we get lots of blood and gore in detail to pad the book out. I would hardly call this a mystery - it is nowhere near as good as the first two books which were real mysteries.

OMG, this book is SO messed up! I love it!

Creepy, creepy creepy...that is how I would describe this book. I FLEW through this book, terrified every second that some character I now cared about was going to get killed or severely injured and let me tell you, this book was a blood bath. I don't know how many times I started saying,"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" when our antagonist started using his blade.

The Devil's Workshop

After reading reviews of Book 3, I was concerned about the book due to references to bloody violence comments! However, when the the topic is escaped violent prisoners in a maximum security prison to also include the reemergence of "Jack the Ripper" I must say it was well done. Yes, it was very violent and had some "over the top" scenes of violence but I thought it kept you focused and interested in Grecian's writing. Well done.