by Brian Ruckley
I am a little confused by this book. I did like it, and maintained my interest, but it didn't seem to really ever get going. I would give this 2.5* if it was an option because I did stay interested. I am not entirely sure where this went wrong for me though. Throughout reading I went from a 3* t...
Wow! Edinburgh Dead by Brian Ruckley! Totally brilliant! It's rare that I can use the term 'unputdownable', but I definitely can say it about this one. Read it in less than 48 hours, which for me is pretty much unheard of. Could NOT put it down.I'm fond of Historical fiction (albeit usually romantic...
Edinburgh 1827. In the starkly-lit operating theatres of the city, grisly experiments are being carried out on corpses in the name of medical science. But elsewhere, there are those experimenting with more sinister forces. Amongst the crowded, sprawling tenements of the labyrinthine Old Town, a body...
Originally published at my blog Chasing Empty PavementsI'm so sad right now because I had SUCH high hopes for this novel! The gothic, creepy feel the blurb gave me goosebumps and some of the reviews said it was gritty and in your face. I however thought it was lackluster and sadly disappointing. The...
Blurb - Edinburgh 1827: it's a city populated by mad alchemists who treat Frankenstein as textbook rather than novel and by a criminal underclass prepared to treat with the darkest of powers. And one officer, from the recently formed Edinburgh City Police, must follow the trail of undead hounds, emp...
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2.5/5Egalley thanks to Hachette Books GroupThe thing is, I'd been chasing this book for awhile until I got to read it, and I really really wanted to like it...But I didn't.Perhaps the problem is that I've expected some sort of steampunkish version of Peter Grant from Ben Aaronovitch's books with ple...
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