The Graves of Whitechapel: A darkly atmospheric historical crime thriller set in Victorian London
By Claire Evans
In the gripping new novel by the author of The Fourteenth Letter, a lawyer in Victorian London must find a man he got off a murder charge - and who seems to have killed again . . .
Victorian London, 1882.
Five years ago, crusading lawyer Cage Lackmann successfully defended Moses Pickering against a charge of murder. Now, a body is found bearing all the disturbing hallmarks of that victim - and Pickering is missing.
Cage's reputation is in tatters, and worse, he is implicated in this new murder by the bitter detective who led the first failed case. Left with no other alternative, Cage must find Pickering to prove his innocence.
Did Cage free a brutal murderer? Or is there something more sinister at work?
📚📚📚📚📚⭐ = A book in a million
📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend it.
📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.
📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.
📚📚 = It was okay.
📚 = Um...! 😕
My Review
The Graves of Whitechapel
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Cage Lackmann is a lawyer in a situation no lawyer should find themselves in. He is not in control of how the cases he takes on are to turn out. He is told which people to blame, and which to get out of trouble, a life he has been trapped in since Obediah Pincott paid for his education. He can take on his own clients, but only the innocent ones – nothing that could tarnish his reputation by failing to keep his client out of prison.
However, when a murder from five years ago repeats itself, and one of Cage’s previous clients, Pickering, one who was found innocent, is put under the spotlight again, Cage has an issue on his hands. The man has run, and Cage is given a choice that is barely an ultimatum. He must find out a way to prove Pickering innocent again, whether or not that means throwing an innocent under the bus, or else he will be ruined. Pincott will discard him, and Cage will be left with nothing, no money, no profession, and no security.
This is a book full of mystery and deceit, of blackmail and a desperate mission. Working against Detective Jack Cross, who has it out for Cage, and lying to try and get the information he needs to work a case either for Pickering, or against someone else, Cage finds himself slowly unveiling the truth behind the recent murder, and the one that happened five years ago. This is a book that will keep your attention, for it is practically impossible to even try to figure out what really happened until it is revealed.
Cage is not a heroic main character, but rather, someone with flaws. He drinks a little too much wine, spends time in paid female company, and works with criminals to set them free, although the last isn’t entirely something he can get out of. This, though, makes him seem wholly more realistic, and following him on his journey to try and find Pickering, and to learn what happened to the boy, and what really happened five years ago, was something I enjoyed greatly. There is murder, mystery, love and intrigue. And, of course, that pesky little thing called ‘justice’.
The writing in this novel is exquisite, one might say poetic. The Poet of Whitechapel is as much a mystery as the murders. Some would say that the title belongs to Cage, but is there someone else who might deserve such a name? This book is one that I do not hesitate to recommend, for it is absolutely sublime.
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