The Black Midnight by Kathleen Y’Barbo is the newest
addition in the True Crimes series. It is 1889 and Alice Anne von Wettin is
called to meet with her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. Alice Anne is known
for solving puzzles and the queen is asking for her help in solving the
greatest mystery. Who is killing the women in Whitechapel? She is told to
assemble her team. Rewind to December 1885, Alice is now undercover as Annie
Walters, working the Midnight Assassin murders in Austin, Texas with fellow
Pinkerton detective, Isaiah Joplin. Gruesome murders are occurring in the dead
of night by a suspect who seems to vanish into think air. It is a race against
time as Annie and Isaiah gather clues in the hopes to identify the killer
before he strikes again. In the meantime, Annie struggles whether to tell
Isaiah who she really is. Will he understand? Will he see her differently? Will
they catch their killer? Are the murders in Austin connected to the murders in
Whitechapel?
The Midnight Assassin killed eight people between December
30, 1884 and December 24, 1885. The Whitechapel killer, who would become known
as Jack the Ripper, killed between August 31, 1888 and November 9, 1888. The
Black Midnight explores the theory that the two killers are one and the
same. The story is interesting as it connects the two killers, however, it was
not as exciting or gripping as other titles in this series. Perhaps because
there is no real conclusion as the killers or killer isn’t caught. I may go
back and read it again, just in case there was something I missed to make it
more interesting. I have enjoyed the True Crime series as it takes real
American Crimes and spins a story around it. I highly recommend The Black
Midnight and other titles in this series.
The Black Midnight
is available in paperback
and eBook
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