A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell) - Deanna Raybourn Audiobook

Written by Deanna Raybourn
Read by Angele Masters
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Veronica Speedwell Mysteries, Book 5
Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 03-10-20
Publisher: Recorded Books

A royal scandal’s connection to a brutal serial killer threatens London in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from New York Times bestselling and Edgar® Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

Autumn 1888….
Jack the Ripper is terrorizing London, but Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian colleague Stoker have a more immediate problem. Worse yet, London is being terrorized by what would become the most notorious and elusive serial killer in history, Jack the Ripper—and Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible.

Veronica and Stoker reluctantly agree to go undercover at Madame Auroreʼs high-class brothel, where a body soon turns up. Secrets are swirling around Veronica and the royal family—and it is up to Veronica and Stoker to find the truth, before it is too late for all of them.

“Veronica Speedwell and Revelstoke “Stoker” Templeton-Vane have finally decided to act on their long-standing attraction to each other when an urgent telegram from friend of the royal family Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk puts romance on hold

It’s October 1888, and Prince Albert Victor, the heir to the British throne, has given a diamond star marked with his initials to Madame Aurore, who runs the Club de l’Étoile, a “palace for debauchery.” Lady Wellingtonia asks the duo to retrieve the gift, which could cause scandal; worse, she has received anonymous letters suggesting that the prince may be involved in the Ripper murders terrorizing London. Stoker and Veronica attend the club’s weekly masked ball hoping to find out more. Instead, they encounter the prince dressed up as a woman, Madame Aurore’s murdered corpse, and thugs who imprison them in a warehouse.

Raybourn delivers fast-paced action, sexual tension, quirky characters, and clever repartee, but she also crafts quiet scenes—most memorably, a meeting with one of the Ripper’s future victims—rich with deeper emotion. This entry’s bound to win her new fans”