Title: The Night Caller (Esther & Jack Enright Mysteries #2)
Author: David Field
Series: Book 2
Publisher: Sapere Books
Publication date: 10th May 2018
Pages: 214
Format Read: EBook
Source: Publisher
Looking
for your next fix of Victorian crime? Discover a new series of historical
mysteries perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Rory Clements and Antonia
Hodgson…
A shadowy presence is haunting London. Can anyone shine a light on the darkness?
London, 1891
The city is still reeling from the brutal Ripper killings and now women are once more being sexually harassed.
Someone is breaking into their homes, stealing their undergarments and leaving threatening messages behind.
With no valuables stolen and no murders committed the police fail to take the women seriously.
But when Esther Jacobs finds herself personally acquainted with one of the victims, she starts to believe something more sinister could be going on. Enlisting the help of her fiancé, police officer Jack Enright, Esther is determined to solve the mystery.
Are women being targeted at random? Is it the work of a deranged sexual deviant?
Or is this a calculated attack on the women of London?
THE NIGHT CALLER is the second crime thriller in an exciting new historical series, the Esther and Jack Enright Mysteries, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.
A shadowy presence is haunting London. Can anyone shine a light on the darkness?
London, 1891
The city is still reeling from the brutal Ripper killings and now women are once more being sexually harassed.
Someone is breaking into their homes, stealing their undergarments and leaving threatening messages behind.
With no valuables stolen and no murders committed the police fail to take the women seriously.
But when Esther Jacobs finds herself personally acquainted with one of the victims, she starts to believe something more sinister could be going on. Enlisting the help of her fiancé, police officer Jack Enright, Esther is determined to solve the mystery.
Are women being targeted at random? Is it the work of a deranged sexual deviant?
Or is this a calculated attack on the women of London?
THE NIGHT CALLER is the second crime thriller in an exciting new historical series, the Esther and Jack Enright Mysteries, a traditional British detective series set in Victorian London and packed full of suspense.
I
really enjoyed The Gaslight Stalker which was a fictional take on Jack the
Ripper and the introduction of our intrepid sleuths Esther Jacobs & Jack
Enright. You can read my review here.
The
Night Caller is another well written mystery set in 1890’s London. This one isn’t
as gory as The Gaslight Stalker with the main focus on an underwear thief
mystery.
Esther
has befriended Helen Trenchard. Helen is a staunch advocate for women’s
equality in the workforce and has founded a union for working women. When
working women have their homes invaded, their knickers stolen, and are left
threatening notes not to join the union, the local police do not seem to take
the case seriously causing Percy Enright to take the investigation into his own
hands.
The
story is centred round the opening of a women’s union and the brazen attempts
to stop women from joining the new workers union. It highlights the working
conditions for women, the class system and the poverty of the lower class. Real
events are mentioned throughout to place it firmly in its time period.
Esther
is determined, self reliant and outspoken. She once again uses her great
investigative and analytical skills to help solve the case.
Jack
is taken under the wing of his experienced Uncle and learns a thing or two
about investigative policing. Sergeant Percy Enright brings humour to the
story with some rather funny and politically incorrect sayings.
I
am really enjoying this series. They are quick, light reads. The first was a
bit gory as it centred on Jack the Ripper however this book was more mystery
with plenty of humour and character development. Uncle Percy Enright has a
major role and the burgeoning love story between Jack and Esther is continued
as they plan their wedding day.
Field
has done an excellent job with the essence of time by including real events,
appropriate vocabulary and current mindset. I was as much enthralled by the
characters in this book as I was by the plot.
Content:
No coarse language
No sex scenes
Implied sexual assault
My rating 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
After obtaining a Law degree he became a career-long criminal law practitioner and academic, emigrating in 1989 to Australia, where he still lives.
Combining his two great loves of History and the English language he began writing historical novels as an escape from the realities of life in the criminal law, but did not begin to publish them until close to fulltime retirement, when digital publishing offered a viable alternative to literary agencies, print publishers and rejection slips.
Now blessed with all the time in the world, his former hobby has become a full time occupation as he enjoys life in rural New South Wales with his wife, sons and grandchildren to keep him firmly grounded in the reality of the contemporary world.
