The Reaper's Breath
The Ripper Legacies, Book 1
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The Reaper's Breath
Narrated by:
Gavin Foltz
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Gavin Foltz
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Mary Kelly lies dead upon her bed. Her sorrowful eyes capture the agony of her fate. Anger and fear walk side by side as the populace of London demand justice for the slain. William Harkness is a former officer of the 66th Regiment of Foot and he has entered the hunt. He will not bring a mad man to court, he is not tied by the laws of the land. William Harkness is the killer of killers, assassin of the evil....
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The bad points - the writing is a mix of Victorian and modern which I find jaring and the author does not seem to be familiar with all aspects of the era. However, some parts have been well researched. For example the main male character is called William Harkness, but all of his peers and subordinates address him as William. I would expect surnames and formal titles to be used at this time other than by his immediate family. Adding to this his father is addressed and described as "Sir Harkness", when the convention would be to call him "Sir Simeon" or just "Harkness". The author revels in the use of Victorian terms such as "Billy Club" which are no longer in common use and makes great play of some of the action being set in Bluegate Fields slums.
Now for the narrator. The narration is dreadful. I nearly gave up several times. There is some attempt by him at regional accents but these seem to vanish during the performance and it is all delivered in the same rushed, breathy, mid-atlantic voice. There is no light and shade or tone, so there is little to tell characters apart. Occasionally there are blatant American pronunciations ("clerk" and "route" stand out for me). I note a different narrator is used on the next book in the series. I bought both at the same time. If the second is as bad I will ask for a refund.
An intriguing story spoiled
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