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A review by flajol
The Candle Man by Alex Scarrow
3.0
An interesting construction based around the crimes of Jack the Ripper, working in several longstanding theories about those involved in the murders.
Starting out in 1912 on the Titanic as it begins to sink, the story quickly moves back to 1888 and jumps around quite a lot within that year. One thread follows the murderer in the run up to September '88, another follows Mary Kelly as she struggles to climb out of the lifestyle she's tumbled into. I quite liked the way the timeline hops about - it added tension just where needed, and Scarrow drip-fed clues about identities and motives with the constant back and forth.
I don't normally read crime thrillers, and it took me a while to get through this one. I enjoyed it though, and would happily read more by this author.
Starting out in 1912 on the Titanic as it begins to sink, the story quickly moves back to 1888 and jumps around quite a lot within that year. One thread follows the murderer in the run up to September '88, another follows Mary Kelly as she struggles to climb out of the lifestyle she's tumbled into. I quite liked the way the timeline hops about - it added tension just where needed, and Scarrow drip-fed clues about identities and motives with the constant back and forth.
I don't normally read crime thrillers, and it took me a while to get through this one. I enjoyed it though, and would happily read more by this author.