Review: What Angels Fear by CS Harris

Sebastian St. Cyr is back from the Napoleonic wars and has resumed his life as Viscount Devlin.  A woman is found brutally murdered and he is accused.  He goes on the run determined to solve the vicious crime himself.  More violence follows and he gets a helper in a street kid name Tom.  The solution is dark.

The Title itself is from the famous quote:  Fools rush in, where angels fear to tread"  which I thought gave a lot of flavor to the story as well.

The female characters were layered as well and the complexity was refreshing.

I enjoyed this book.  There were a lot of plot twists and red herrings that were believable.  The author really brought the time period and setting to life for me.  Will definitely read more in the series.

Terri

Review: In The Dark: The True Story of the Blackout Ripper by Simon Read

In 1942, a RAF soldier went on a spree killing over the course of several days. His attacks were vicious and brutal. Killing and attacking primarily prostitutes in London's west end, he was quickly caught and stopped. Gordon Cummings was thought pretentious by his fellow soldiers and he was known for arrogant boasts of his female conquests.  None of them had any idea thought that he was violently attacking and murdering women during the blackout nights of wartime London.

The media attention was dimmed by the German bombings of the city, which is probably why I had never heard of the case. 

The fingerprint analysis evidence was fascinating and what convicted him. The story of the cops and how they developed and used their fingerprinting system was one of my favorite parts of the book actually.

An intense and interesting read.

Terri