Beasts of London (Method of the Kill #1) Jonathan Maloney
Bartholomew Bartleby knows who killed Jack the Ripper...
In the dark streets of deepest London, Bartholomew searches for answers. But when the answers find him, he's thrown into a hidden world of the unknown, the unknowable, and the downright monstrous.
Under the tutelage of—or perhaps, kidnapped by—one of the last hunters fighting the secret war between man and monster, Bartholomew investigates the death of a man seemingly dropped from the sky, the latest in a series of murders around the city. One tenuous link connects them all—the legendary Bethlehem Hospital... Bedlam.
As Bartholomew and his mentor immerse themselves in this new mystery, others begin to surround him with their nagging questions; who is the cackling coach driver with silver hair and laughing eyes? Why is the house tended by a giant, walking corpse, who serves sandwiches as delicate as their voice? Why does everyone flinch from his mentor, the man who works beside him?Just who is Jean Reynard?
Beasts of London is the debut novel from Australian author, Jonathan Maloney, and is the first in the Method of the Kill series.
Read the first chapter here !
"Beasts of London manages to capture us readers not with a grand display of action, but a dozen mini-mysteries, stated or sown, to be answered throughout the rest of the novel and presumably in other yet-to-be-released entries of the Method to Kill series."
"A deep, dark journey into Victorian London, the tale sets the tone of the story from the very beginning in an intriguing mystery. I loved its deeply disturbed and flawed, but utterly fascinating characters—absolutely at odds with their own inner turmoil. They ooze forth from the page with a life of their own."
"Beasts of London hits a lot of your standard murder mystery tropes, and I loved it for those facts. There's something about murder mystery puzzles, the 'strong experienced detective' and found family that work really well."
Product Details
Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-6455708-8-5
Publisher: SkyNation Publishing
Publication Date: June 13 2024
Series: Method of the Kill
Pages: 484
Product Dimension: 198mm x 129mm
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-6455708-7-8
Publisher: SkyNation Publishing
Publication Date: June 13 2024
Series: Method of the Kill
Pages: 460
