Review of Silk by Chris Karlsen

BOOK DESCRIPTION

It is the time of Jack the Ripper, the widowed Queen Victoria sits on the throne of England. The whole of London is on edge wondering when or where Jack will kill next. The Palace, Parliament, and the press are demanding the police do more to find him.

In another part of London, rough-around-the-edges war hero, Metropolitan Detective Inspector Rudyard Bloodstone has his own serial killer to find. Inter departmental rivalries, politics, and little evidence to go on hamper the investigation at every turn. In a battle of wills, Bloodstone presses forward following his instincts in spite of the obstacles.

Adding to those problems, away from the strains of the investigation, he is engaged in the ups and downs of a new relationship with a lovely hat maker.

MY REVIEW

I REALLY ENJOYED READING SILK.  IT WAS FULL OF INTRIQUE, SUSPENSE, MURDER, ACTION, COMEDY AND SOME ROMANCE.  CHRIS PULLS YOU INTO A DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD AND INTO THE MIND OF SERIAL KILLER.  I FOUND MYSELF TOTALLY ENGROSSED IN THE STORY AND THE CHARACTERS. I COULD NOT PUT THE BOOK DOWN.  EACH OF THE CHARACTERS ADDED MORE TO THE STORY AND MADE IT SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING. I LOVE BLOODSTONE. I THOUGHT HE WAS AN EXCELLENT DETECTIVE AND WAS DOING WHATEVER HE COULD TO SOLVE THE MURDER.  HE HAD ALOT OF OBSTACLES TO GET BY TO SOLVE THE MURDER.  THE NEW RELATIONSHIP AND THE UPS AND DOWNS ADDED A NICE TOUCH TO THE STORY.  YOU COULD TELL HOW MUCH HE ENJOYED HIS JOB. 

CHRIS DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN DESCRIBING THIS TIME PERIOD AND HOW THE LAW WAS DIFFERENT FROM TODAY.  I COULD PICTURE EVERYTHING SHE SAID WITH HER WORDS.  CHRIS DOES A WONDERFUL JOB WITH PULLING YOU INTO THE MIND OF A SERIAL KILLER.  I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT IS GOING THROUGH THE KILLER'S MIND WHEN COMMITTING THESE MURDERS.   WHY DO THEY DO IT?  IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME BUT IT WAS NICE FOR A CHANGE TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH THEIR MIND INSTEAD OF JUST THE VICTIMS.  I LOVE HOW THE KILLER HAS A DIARY AND  WRITES ALL THE MURDERS DOWN. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NICE ADDED TOUCH.  SHE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN DESCRIBING THE MURDERS AND THE INJURIES INFLICTED ON THE VICTIMS. 

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU READ SILK.  IT WAS A NICE CHANGE FROM WHAT I NORMALLY READ.  IT WAS NOT AT ALL WHAT I EXPECTED AND WAS A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE.  CHRIS DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN TELLING A STORY THROUGH HER WORDS. SHE HAS BECOME ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU READ SILK AND ANY OF HER BOOKS.  YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.  5 STARS 


AUTHOR BIO





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.