The Business of Blood - Kerrigan Byrne Audiobook

Written by Kerrigan Byrne
Read by Justine Eyre
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Business of Blood Series, Book 1
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Release date: May 26, 2020
Duration: 08:56:30

Dying is the only thing people do with any regularity, and Fiona makes her indecorous living cleaning up after the corpses are carted away.

Her childhood best friend, Mary, was the last known victim of Jack the Ripper. It’s been two years since Fiona scrubbed Mary’s blood from the floorboards, and London is no longer buzzing about the Ripper, but Fiona hasn’t forgotten. And she hasn’t stopped searching for Jack. When she’s called to a murder in the middle of the night, Fiona finds a victim mutilated in an eerily similar fashion to those of the Ripper, and only a few doors down from Mary’s old home.

The relentless, overbearing, and irritatingly handsome Inspector Grayson Croft warns her away from the case. She might have listened, if she hadn’t found a clue in the blood. A clue that will lead her down a path from which there is no return. As a killer cuts a devastating swath through London, a letter written in blood arrives at her door, and it is only then that Fiona realizes just how perilous her endeavor is. For she has drawn the attention of an obsessive evil, and is no longer the hunter, but the prey.

A review…”Kerrigan Byrne comes along and she tells us she wrote something that is not romance. Well, not romantic to the extent we’ve come to expect from her. The SHOCK!! The HORROR!! But, it’s KERRIGAN BYRNE!! So, of course, I had to give it a go.

This was a great mystery. The twists and turns were exciting, I was surprised at the *whodunit*, and found the intricate details of a murder investigation riveting. I really can’t fault the timeline, characterisation or settings. Getting to know more about Jack the Ripper was thrilling while also a wee bit horrifying. What murder investigators, coroners/post-mortem examiners, and the clean-up crews (after the body has been removed) face are also fascinating and horrific. I now know that I’m NOT the person for any of those jobs. The Business of Blood is a thought-provoking story that deals with lots of different issues concerning judgement based on class, race, sex and religious beliefs.

If you are a fan of mysteries, don’t mind a wee bit of blood and gore, and love Kerrigan Byrne’s words, you will not be disappointed reading The Business of Blood. I thoroughly enjoyed this step out of my comfort zone…into sleuthing out a serial killer.”