Book Review: Shadow the Ripper by Drew Payne
- Kristen Lewendon
- Nov 22, 2019
- 1 min read
The Ripper Series Book 4
Once in Long Ago, amid a general chaos of the city, were two men, one unseen, one handsome. Both growing experts with their skills. Each manifested an element of the human spirit within the dynamo of civilazation, that technological epicenter at the heart of the Country, where great minds were imagining the shape of the 22nd Century.
One was Eyer, ‘the invisible detective’ who would revolutionize law enforcement and promote legal reform across the Country.
The other was Dr. T. T. Tombs, ‘the red city devil’ who would be the greatest serial killer on national record and design a hotel for murder ahead of the biggest attraction in the history of The Unified Gates.
This is the story of good and evil, transparency and opacity, the Great City and the Red City—all in the shadow of the Ripper.
My Review:
This book has a much more literary style than the previous ones. As such, it took me a bit of effort to really get into it. I wasn’t quite as swept away by the story the way the earlier books dragged me into their narrative. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still creepy and fascinating and that little cliff-hanger ending means I’m dying to see what comes next. I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the authors.
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