The Whitechapel Murder Mystery eBook Rob Hamilton
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London. 1888. Two of the most diverse and unlikely characters in Victorian London are brought together by a savage street robbery and an unexpected act of charity.
25-year-old John Howard Batchelor, disinherited and cast out of the family home after refusing an Army commission, struggles to survive on the streets of London. Cullen Moffat, a 55-year-old retired Colour-Sergeant, now driving a London hansom cab, is lonely and disenchanted with civilian life. As a veteran of the Crimean War, he misses the comradeship of Army life.
The two men find themselves working together on the intimidating streets of London - Cullen Moffat's experience and discipline acting as a counterpoint to John Batchelor's impetuous and sometimes ill-judged behaviour.
By chance they are drawn into the investigation of the brutal Whitechapel murders. What they discover takes them beyond the boundaries of East London and Jack the Ripper, endangering not only their own lives, but also the very existence of the British Empire.
The Whitechapel Murder Mystery eBook Rob Hamilton
When we first meet John Howard Batchelor, he is contemplating suicide. Down on his luck, he is touched when prostitute Emma Smith presses three pennies into his hand. However, the incident is almost forgotten when he witnesses a robbery and, chasing the culprit, returns the stolen wallet to Charles Le Grand, a Private Investigator. Impressed by his honesty and the fact that, despite his circumstances, Batchelor is a gentleman (estranged from his family he is the son of Sir Richard Howard Batchelor, a war hero), Le Grand gives him a job.Batchelor then becomes an assistant private investigator, following wealthy men to obtain evidence of infidelity. Reading a newspaper, he reads about the death of Emma Smith and investigates on his own time. It is while doing this that Batchelor meets Cullen Moffat, a retired Colour-Sergeant, now a cabbie. The two men are asked by Le Grand to investigate the Jack the Ripper killings, after the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee is set up to protect the public and solve the murders the police seem unable to.
Along with a young policeman, Albert Stephens, and Uriah Garrett, a journalist, the men delve into the murky depths of Whitechapel and the horrific slayings. Although I am no Ripperologist, I have read a few books about Jack the Ripper and the author is careful to keep to factual evidence and suspects, making the novel much more interesting for the less casual reader. However, even if you know nothing about Jack the Ripper, the background is given in an interesting and plausible way and the story is gripping. Batchelor and Moffat are great characters, who complement each other perfectly, and the book is well written and fast paced. Their search for the killer take them from dismal boarding houses in Whitechapel, to the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool (one my personal favourite places to stay), to conspiracy and the threat of an outrage so terrible it could bring the British Empire down.
There is a second book with the same characters, Seven Mile Avenue, which I am greatly looking forward to reading. Hopefully, there will be more books in the series, as I am looking forward to reading more about Batchelor and Moffat. Highly enjoyable and recommended.
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The Whitechapel Murder Mystery eBook Rob Hamilton Reviews
Very enjoyable and historically intriguing... Great fun, like a darker, rip-roaring Sherlock Holmes tale. Really enjoyed the tone, characters and pacing. A few typos which is a shame but otherwise brilliant. Great stuff.
An easy but compelling read, brings historic Victorian London back to life with gritty and graphic detail. Uses historic events and people interwoven with a thriller plot line.
This is an absolutely cracking read. Well paced, weaving in and out of the streets of Victorian London and the investigation of the notorious Ripper murders. Conspiracy theories abound over the Ripper murders and Rob Hamilton has created a plausible plot line that allows his private detectives to investigate. The characters as drawn and the seedy atmosphere that was Victorian London are well written. Hamilton is also not afraid to wield the proverbial axe on characters either, which can be difficult and can sometimes loose readers as particularly likeable characters are dispatched.
This isn't Booker prize material or a modern classic but that said I look forward to reading book 2 and more (rather like Watson he tempts us with more revelation from cases undisclosed} to see how far it advances and develops the characters - for which there appears to be a lot of scope, I have a feeling that will be an equally good read. This one certainly passed an entertaining few hours whilst travelling
I bought this book at .co.uk .
I enjoyed this a lot. It's a historical crime novel/thriller, lively and absorbing.
Fortunately, I didn't realise it was yet another book about finding Jack the Ripper, or I wouldn't have touched it. By the time I realised it was yet another Jack the Ripper story, the book had already absorbed me.
Halfway through, I thought that something about the plot structure, characterisation and writing style was familiar. For example, the characters' nodding their heads and shrugging their shoulders so often.
I checked the author, and discovered I had indeed read another book by this author recently, The Lime Street Irregulars, which uses the same writing style and plot devices.
The Lime Street Irregulars is an ok book. The Whitechapel Murder Mystery is great.
In the Lime Street Irregulars, the characters nod their heads and shrug their shoulders non-stop, and it got on my nerves and spoilt the reading pleasure for me. In The Whitechapel Murder Mystery, the head-nodding and shoulder-shrugging are a bit tedious, but not so frequent that they would spoil the book. Most readers won't even notice.
When we first meet John Howard Batchelor, he is contemplating suicide. Down on his luck, he is touched when prostitute Emma Smith presses three pennies into his hand. However, the incident is almost forgotten when he witnesses a robbery and, chasing the culprit, returns the stolen wallet to Charles Le Grand, a Private Investigator. Impressed by his honesty and the fact that, despite his circumstances, Batchelor is a gentleman (estranged from his family he is the son of Sir Richard Howard Batchelor, a war hero), Le Grand gives him a job.
Batchelor then becomes an assistant private investigator, following wealthy men to obtain evidence of infidelity. Reading a newspaper, he reads about the death of Emma Smith and investigates on his own time. It is while doing this that Batchelor meets Cullen Moffat, a retired Colour-Sergeant, now a cabbie. The two men are asked by Le Grand to investigate the Jack the Ripper killings, after the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee is set up to protect the public and solve the murders the police seem unable to.
Along with a young policeman, Albert Stephens, and Uriah Garrett, a journalist, the men delve into the murky depths of Whitechapel and the horrific slayings. Although I am no Ripperologist, I have read a few books about Jack the Ripper and the author is careful to keep to factual evidence and suspects, making the novel much more interesting for the less casual reader. However, even if you know nothing about Jack the Ripper, the background is given in an interesting and plausible way and the story is gripping. Batchelor and Moffat are great characters, who complement each other perfectly, and the book is well written and fast paced. Their search for the killer take them from dismal boarding houses in Whitechapel, to the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool (one my personal favourite places to stay), to conspiracy and the threat of an outrage so terrible it could bring the British Empire down.
There is a second book with the same characters, Seven Mile Avenue, which I am greatly looking forward to reading. Hopefully, there will be more books in the series, as I am looking forward to reading more about Batchelor and Moffat. Highly enjoyable and recommended.
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