Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they're delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly.
But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. The disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow ever more freakish, with nowhere to escape except the unforgiving sea. It's up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation as even more passengers die before reaching their destination. But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer's horrifying finale?
Title: Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper #3)
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition: Hardback
Amount of Pages: 416
Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Romance, Mystery, Thriller
Date Read: 15-10-2018 - 17-10-2018
Favorite Quote: “If you wish to go, I’ll never make you stay. I might not do and say the proper thing all the time, but I do know that I love you enough to set you free.”
Review:
I was a bit skeptical going into this book but also super excited. Why skeptical you ask? Well I read some of the ARC reviews and they really made me nervous.
There where moments in this book when I really wanted to slap the shit out of Audrey Rose. She can be so frustrating! Thomas was his every loving and charming self as always.
There where great moments between them too. Can't wait to see where the story will go from here.
What is this book about:
This book starts where the last book 'Hunting Prince Dracula' ended. Audrey Rose and Thomas are on board of a ship to America to assists Audrey Rose's uncle in a murder case. However the ship they are on becomes a floating crime scene when a young woman ends up being murdered during a carnival show.
Audrey Rose and Thomas are trying to find out who the killer is before he strikes again. But time isn't on their side, they only have 7 days to figure it out before the ship arrives in America and unleashes the killer on main land.
That's not the only thing Audrey Rose and Thomas are fighting against. No, there's also the mysterious and intriguing ringmaster named Mephistopheles.
Thomas and Mephistopheles have something in common, they both want Audrey Rose. Now Audrey Rose has to decide if she wants to be with the man that has been her partner in crime or the mysterious man that promises a live time of adventure.
What did I like about this book:
I loved Thomas and Audrey Rose moments. It was full of fun banter and steamy scenes. I loved the mystery and how well the book was written.
Overall I loved this book and I can't wait to read the last one! The wait will be torturous. Thomas better delivers his promise on getting Audrey Rose alone on his country estate so they'll have all the privacy in the world.
This may contain spoilers, so don't read on if you don't want to know.
What I didn't like where Audrey Rose's tricks and manipulation. I get her feeling doubts but she owed it to herself and thomas to be honest about it. I get that she wanted to learn new things, but is learning new things worth screwing with someones head and manipulating them. It was so well written that I forgot on multiple occasions that it was suppose to be an experiment, a learning opportunity for Audrey Rose. And I think she did too at certain points.
I love the girl but I don't like how she played with Thomas feelings, and her own. Same with how she handled her cousin.
It worked out just fine in the end. And I'm glad it didn't end the way I feared. I hate love triangles and that's why I was scared of reading this book, but the way it ended made it oke for me. No love triangle here.
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