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The Business of Blood
The Business of Blood | Kerrigan Byrne
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With intriguing twists, blood-chilling discoveries, and dazzling prose, USAToday Bestselling author Kerrigan Byrne shows that a woman's work is never done, even when she is sleuthing out a serial killer. London, 1890. Blood and death are Fiona Mahoney's trade, and business, as they say, is booming. 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 alluring 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. Fiona Mahoney is in the business of blood.
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robinb
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The Business of Blood | Kerrigan Byrne
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This is quite a switch from this author‘s normal historical romances. It‘s a very dark and graphic mystery centering around a young woman, Fiona Mahoney, who becomes London‘s first Post-Mortem Sanitation Specialist (as she dubs herself) who cleans up after gruesome crimes. She‘s a flawed character who I couldn‘t help rooting for. Her personal mission is to track down Jack the Ripper who murdered her best friend/cousin. Also involved in her story🔻

robinb are a police inspector, an underworld crime boss, and a Native American assassin. This was so well done. I‘ve always enjoyed Byrne‘s romances, but I‘m hoping this foray into dark mystery will continue as I was pulled into the unsavory, dangerous slums right along with these characters and am totally invested to see where this crusade ends up. Very well done. 4.5/5⭐️ #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks 12mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 12mo
CoffeeK8 I love this one! I hope she writes a sequel sometime! 12mo
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robinb @CoffeeK8 There are actually two with a third coming in April. Here‘s the second one.
[tagged book]A Treacherous Trade
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CoffeeK8 @robinb you have made my day! 💕 12mo
robinb @CoffeeK8 Oh good! I love it when someone does that for me. 🤗 12mo
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Aussie_SFF
Aussie_SFF
The Business of Blood | Kerrigan Byrne
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Yet another book set in the dirty streets of London in the aftermath of the Ripper Murders. Our protagonist, Fiona Mahoney has taken up a very unlady like trade, crime scene cleaner. Following the death of her best friend Mary, the supposed last victim of Jack the ripper, Fiona believes that her work will help her find the Ripper and bring him to justice. With ties to the police and organised crime, Fiona needs to tread carefully.
4/5 Stars.

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CoffeeK8
CoffeeK8
The Business of Blood | Kerrigan Byrne
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This author writes some wonderful Victorian #romantsy, but this shift into suspense is very well done. Fiona makes a business cleaning up after murder and is the best friend of Jack the Rippers final victim. She‘s also working to help Scotland Yard solve murders (whether they like it or not) #MtTBR

Sace I love the cover! 5y
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AmyReadsAlot
AmyReadsAlot
The Business of Blood | Kerrigan Byrne
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I loved Fiona‘s tenacity but I‘ll admit she came across a bit naive & there were times that I wanted to know what the heck she was thinking. It was like she didn‘t have the natural instinct for survival. I would‘ve liked her to be a bit more wary, especially since a certain serial killer had taken a keen interest in her. That‘s also what drew me to her as well, her passion for those that she cared for & her unquenchable desire to understand why.

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