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Mayhem

By: Sarah Pinborough
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
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About this listen

A new killer is stalking the streets of London’s East End. Though newspapers have dubbed him 'the Torso Killer’, this murderer’s work is overshadowed by the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel crimes. The victims are women too, but their dismembered bodies, wrapped in rags and tied up with string, are pulled out of the Thames - and the heads are missing….

©2013 Sarah Pinborough (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Murder

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Critic reviews

"Pinborough really knows how to drag the reader into her books." (Simon Kernick, bestselling author of Relentless)
"This is deliciously inventive stuff, delivered with the narrative nous and sense of atmosphere that lifts Mayhem above the raft of many similar novels." ( Crime Time)
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This book needed editing which could have made it a more succinct story and worthy of a better rating.

Rambling and over long.

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This was the first time I've 'read' anything by Sarah Pinborough or heard Steven Crossley read and I will be looking out for both of them again - a great combination of gripping story and excellent narration.

A great listen

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Not particularly engaging, although the narration was quite good. Took me months to finish it. The last third picked up a bit. I may come back to it again one day in case I am doing it a disservice.

Didn’t engage with the story

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quite dark, but well read. great characters. looking forward to the next one. A+++ thanks

good book

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Victorian set murder thriller with supernatural twist. Narrator perfect for the story. Will look forward to the next one.

Excellent

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