Review of Snifter of Death (Bloodstone Series Book 2) by Chris Karlsen

The summer of 1889 was proving to be a strange one for Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone and his partner.

They had a sexual pervert loose. The man didn’t actually harm women but threatened them at knife point, fondling them, and ultimately stealing their stockings.

Far more serious were the murders of influential men, which appeared random other than they were all killed by arsenic poison. Never had he and his partner had cases with so little workable evidence.

Also, the rivalry between him and his detective nemesis at London’s other police department was intensifying. That
nemesis was the boxing champion of their department and looking to challenge Rudyard, who never trained as a
boxer.

Besides Rudyard’s pride being at stake, and the pride of his station, his nemesis also had in his possession a scandalous photograph of the woman Rudyard cares very much for. The new lady in Rudyard’s life had captured his heart and he’d fight the devil himself to save her reputation.

MY REVIEW:

SNIFTER OF DEATH IS BOOK 2 IS THE BLOODSTONE SERIES.  I REALLY ENJOY THIS SERIES.  I HAVE TO SAY DETECTIVE INSPECTOR RUDYARD BLOODSTONE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DETECTIVES.  CHRIS KARLSEN AGAIN HAS WROTE ANOTHER GREAT BOOK.  IT WAS FILLED WITH SUSPENSE, MURDER, MYSTERY AND EVEN ROMANCE.  I FOUND THE STORY FASCINATING AND CHRIS KARLSEN KEPT MY ATTENTION THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. THERE WAS SEVERAL CASES GOING ON WHICH MADE IT MORE INTERESTING. I LOVED HOW SHE ADDED THE BOXING BETWEEN THE TWO DETECTIVES.  IT MADE THE STORY AND CHARACTERS SO REAL.  THERE IS NEVER A BORING MOMENT THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. IT WAS ANOTHER TYPICAL DAY AND LIFE OF DETECTIVE BLOODSTONE AND HIS PARTNER.   THE CASE AND THE LAW WAS REALLY DIFFERENT AND SIMILAR IN 1889.  I THOUGHT CHRIS DID ANOTHER WONDERFUL JOB IN DESCRIBING THIS TIME PERIOD.  I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU READ THIS SERIES.  IT IS A MUST READ AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT BOOK IN THE SERIES.  5 STARS 





Chris Karlsen is a retired police detective. She spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two different agencies. The daughter of a history professor and a voracious reader, she grew up with a love of hisotry and books.
An internationally published author, Chris has traveled extensively throughout Europe, the Near East, and North Africa satisfying her need to visit the places she read about. Having spent a great deal of time in England and Turkey, she has used her love of both places as settings for her books. "Heroes Live Forever," which is her debut book, is set in England as is the sequel, "Journey in Time," the third is "Knight Blindness." They are part of her Knights in Time series. All three are available as a boxed set on Kindle. She is currently working on the fourth in the "Knights in Time," series. "Golden Chariot," is set in Turkey and the sequel, "Byzantine Gold" is set Turkey, Paris and Cyprus. They are part of her Dangerous Waters series.

Her most recent release is called, "Silk" and is book one of a new series, The Bloodstone Series. It is a suspense set in Victorian London.
Published by Books to Go Now, her novels are available in digital, ebook, and Android App. and in paperback. "Heroes Live Forever" is also in audio format.

A Chicago native, Chris has lived in Paris and Los Angeles and now resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and four rescue dogs. A city girl all her life, living in a small village on a bay was a interesting adjustment. She'd never lived anywhere so quiet at night and traffic wasn't bumper to bumper 24/7.
Some of Chris's favorite authors are: Michael Connolly, John Sandford, Joseph Wambaugh, Stephen Coonts, Bernard Cornwell, Julia Quinn, Julie Anne Long, Deanna Raybourne and Steve Berry.