A thrilling and gripping take on the infamous Jack the Ripper legend, unraveling a chilling mystery that keeps readers on the edge of their seats.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to review the advance copy of this book.

A young woman is found murdered, and inexperienced detective Erin Prince is anxious that it may only be a matter of time before someone else dies.

She and her partner, Todd Beckett, investogate but as more bodies are found they are faced with an unpleasant truth: a serial killer is loose in the streets of D.C.

The detectives uncover a web of secrets filled with drugs, pornography, and a decades old family skeleton, and they must solve the mystery to stop another woman from being murdered.

Okay so our Story begins with the brutal murder of a young woman and as a twist the killer has left a calling card.

I have to say that this murder mystery is really good. Were introduced to detective constable Erin Price, who is a homicide investigator as part of the criminal investigation division. She has an uneasy feeling that more murders will happen in the very near future and that it is going to be a race against time to find this serial killer.

I think the reason that I really found myself drawn to Erin is that she's not perfect, she is a well-developed flawed character, an officer that is inexperienced and I enjoyed the author's reference to the Jack the Ripper murders. All of this ties up and makes it a wonderful read.

I definitely recommend it!

Killing Jane is definitely a thriller. I really liked that the hints were obvious but not so obvious that the book got boring. Even I, who follows the path the author wants the reader to take, had some ideas. I doubted myself many times but came back to the same conclusion and had the who-dun-it figured out before the end. Yet, I didn’t stop reading or thinking about this book until I read the last page. I couldn’t stop.

The characters were real. They had flaws, they had emotions, and they had feelings. Erin was a new to being a lead investigator and in learning the ropes made rookie mistakes; she apologized for the mistakes and quickly learned from them. Beckett was a veteran detective who was new to the area and gave Erin a lot of good advice in the ways of being a detective. Together they balanced each other.

This is the first book by Stacy Green. She has a collection of books already published and I cannot wait to read them all.

My first Stacy Green novel and I have to say, I was impressed. I'm not a huge fan of mystery suspense but this book was well written and engaging. It was hard to put down once i really got into it; kept me up at night.

Ugly murders are taking place in DC, with hints—especially the intro—that it’s a Jack the Ripper copycat. But this killer seems to have info on those famous slayings, including a theory I hadn’t heard: Jack might have actually been Jane.
This started slow, and I didn’t like the main character. Even though she’s just starting out as a detective, having been promoted from beat cop, you’d think she would have grown a thicker skin. Instead she’s very touchy, as well as insecure when she’s saddled up with a much more experienced investigator. I feel like there was too much of this: too often mentioned, too often shown. There’s only so many times you can read the same character flaws over and over. Likewise, her partner can be too forgiving.
The murder scene is horrific; I tried my best NOT to imagine it, unlike most books where I’m trying to find the killer before the fictional detective does. At least this allows a reaction from the protagonist that humanizes her. Turns out she’s still got PTSD from being raped, which she did not report. It’s made obvious that this is affecting her performance, or at least her mindset as she hunts for the killer.
Once I got over the goriness, I enjoyed the craftwork. Always good when an investigation is true to life and isn’t solved in 60 minutes (40 with commercials). The story itself was good, kept me guessing, though in my defense I don’t think there were enough breadcrumbs.
In a story with many brutal elements, there’s one near the end that’s even more so. And I can’t see any reason for it. Maybe it’ll pop up in a sequel, but it annoys me the way the author piles things on, almost like she doesn’t like her main character. And after that particular tidbit, it gets even worse for her. Sheesh.
Didn’t like the ending, came out of nowhere. Felt tacked on.

This was one of my favorite books I’ve read this year. Very gripping and unputdownable. Love this author now!

A good thriller with a good storyline
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

DNF. This wasn't for me. I just couldn't get into it.

I received access to this book for free in exchange for my honest review. I found this book very intriguing and hard to put down, right til the end. I did suspect the suspect early on, but couldn't figure out why... and was definitely surprised with the twist. Great writing style.

This was my first book by Stacy Green and it will not be my last.  Our main detective has to deal with a Jack the Ripper impersonator while dealing with the issues that comes with her surname.  Just because her father is wealthy and well connected, everybody judges her wrongly.  I did not expect the bad guy’s identity and that really made the book for me! Great read!

An author whose books I shall be eager to read, based solely on this novel. How i love gruesome stories! It is somewhat different to the usual crime/horror books that I read, which made rather a change.

I am late in reading/reviewing this novel, so have kept this review short.

I believe everyone is more or less acquainted with the infamous serial killer Jack The Ripper. Whenever I see the name appear relating to pretty much anything, it piques my interest. Can't help it. It's like a secret code that draws me in whenever I hear it. I guess it has to do with the fact that it is an unknown, something that happened so long ago, in an era where there was no forensic or technological help to solve the cases. A killer who was a first and who never got caught. You might wonder why I'm going on about Jack The Ripper. The reason is simply because this is the case that shares center stage with the main murder of the book.

A woman is found murdered most brutally and Erin Prince-who's got her own personal demons to deal with- is called to investigate the crime. The murder becomes linked to the unsolved Ripper case and before they know it, Erin and her partner, seasoned detective Beckett, find themselves in a web of lies and secret lives.

I can't say I warmed up to Erin's character pretty quickly in the beginning. I couldn't quite put my finger on, but I felt at an arm's length to her. It wasn't the way she spoke, she wasn't too formal or too lax, not the way she handled the cases or the people around her, but something that I couldn't identify no matter how much I tried. But after a while, perhaps as the case progressed and new developments came to light, so did Erin. She carries the series with her name, so it was important for me to be able to relate to her somehow, but thankfully we got on well enough for me to care what'll happen to her in the upcoming books. Plus, this was a good thriller, with many plot twists that kept me guessing-and I enjoy my guessing. I'm sure those who like psychological thrillers and anything remotely referring to Jack The Ripper will enjoy this.

I'm adding four spoonfuls of this story into my hodgepodge.

Washington, D.C. may have a Jack the Ripper copycat killer loose on their streets. And he may actually be a she.

Erin Prince is new to homicide, having previously worked in sex crimes, and is leading her first case which happens to be high profile. She comes across as weak – it seems that every chapter has her holding back tears that are threatening to free themselves. She becomes unsure of herself when partnered with a new transfer from a Philadelphia homicide division – so much so that she starts to second-guess herself. The constant guilt over her family name and privileged upbringing got tiring real quick, but then again, I’ve never had people question if I got a job because of daddy’s influence. I started to dislike her a bit, although I found her backstory to be interesting.

Todd Beckett, her new partner, is pretty much the only character I liked completely. He’s an experienced investigator and his cool and analytical methodology further highlights Erin’s naivete. I would like to say that he’s the Yin to her Yang, but that would imply that they complement each other – they don’t.

For some reason I didn’t put forth the effort into trying to figure out who did the killing. Every now and then this happens, where I just let the clues accumulate without forming and opinion. In this case I just didn’t notice anyone standing out or, better yet, fading into the background. I was presented with likely suspects, but no one jumped out at me. So suffice it to say I surprised when the mystery was resolved.

The writing and concept were good, but the story was just okay and not enough to keep me engaged. It took me 12 days to finish this – easily at least 10 days too many. In the book’s defense, when I started it, I was in the midst of a reading funk that didn’t end until day 10.

I would buy this book just for the gorgeous cover.

I’ll probably read the next installment in the series to see if Erin has grown in her new role as homicide investigator and to see how her working relationship with Todd develops. I also have another of Stacy Green’s novels, Book 1 in the Lucy Kendall series on my TBR, so hopefully I’ll get to that one soon.

Recommended

3/5 Stars

I have to say I really enjoyed this book. Though seeing how much Erin Prince struggled between the issues with her family name got old I understood the significance of it all.
Erin is trying to just be a good detective but with her name being well known will it help her in this case or hurt?
Her new partner Beckett seems like a pretty good partner even takes her outbursts with a little grain of salt. It seems that someone is killing based off of Jack the Ripper but why? Erin and Beckett need to solve the case before more and more people are murdered in a gruesome way but will they be too late? This does deal with sexual abuse and it seems that for Erin it hits too close to home and I have to wonder if she will ever get the therapy she needs. I can honestly say I was very surprised at the twist of who the killer was because honestly I didn't see it. I liked how it took Erin and Beckett until towards the end to put the pieces together. So there was a scene in the book with Erin's brother Brad, and as I read the passage I wondered why would the author put that in there. Unless it was meant to be a filler, but as we got to the end of the story and then it all made sense of why she did that scene.
I felt the characters were well developed and the plot was well thought out. I can honestly see myself reading more of the Erin Prince series. I just hope her and Beckett ease into their working relationship instead of her always coming across hostile.

One quote in the book had me laughing because I am a parent of two that are in school.
"Although with Abby in fourth grade, Erin had begun to realize being a parent essentially meant going through school all over again."

What if Jack the Ripper was actually a woman? The theory has been put out there throughout the years but she was always referred to as "Jill the Ripper." When Erin Prince, a D.C. detective recently moved from sex crimes to homocide, responds to a murder of a woman who has been brutally murdered in a fashion similar to a Jack the Ripper but finds a note from " Jane the Ripper," she is puzzled by the meaning of it. Is it meant to throw the police off the real killers trial or is the killer really a woman who is a fan of the female serial killer theory of Jack the Ripper? And does that mean they have a serial killer on the loose that could strike again? As Erin and her new partner, Beckett, dig deeper into the life of the victim, the possible theories of the case become more improbable and the detectives feel like they are hitting dead end after dead end. Then another brutal murder with the Jane the Ripper signature brings more questions than answers. Can they stop this killer before he or she strikes again?

I loved the historical fiction/ mystery about Jack the Ripper as well as the possible serial killer on the loose throughout the book. It made me read faster since I could not figure out who the killer was until near the end of the book. Erin's backstory and human foibles made her a relatable character that you were rooting for. I would definitely recommend for mystery/crime readers as well as psychological thriller and historical fiction lovers as well.

I gave this 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.

I received an advanced reader's copy of this book from NetGalley for review consideration.

Erin and Todd were a good team it is interesting to have an inexperienced cop on the case but everyone has to start some where and this was a case and a half.Lots of gruesome scenes as you would expect with a murder mystery and a nasty villain this was a good book and kept me interested. Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for an ARC in return for an honest review.

This was my first book by Stacy Green and it was a pleasant surprise. Drawn to this story was the reference to Jack the Ripper. This is a mystery no one ever was able to solve. In this story Jack becomes a woman, Jane, and begins to murder. I liked this twist on the tale and it had me get going, wanting to know what was to it. Sure, Erin Prince was insecure, a lot, but this is her first murder case and she's allowed to not be perfect. And the chemistry between her and her new partner, Todd Beckett, has some adjusting to do. But I'm sure they'll figure it out and become a great team. As to the suspect, Jane the Ripper? I had a thought who might be the killer not far in to the book, but I definitely didn't see the twist in the end coming. A strong start to a new series, with a lot of potential. Highly recommended to everyone liking a good thriller with some good twists. But be aware that there is a lot of blood and gore in this book, just like it was with the original Jack the Ripper.
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley and Vesuvian Books !

Jane the Ripper. It just might be true, nobody will ever know. Murders, gruesome savage murders, are happening. The victims are most definitely connected but the police are struggling to connect the dots. Erin Prince was a child of wealth and privilege but got out fast when she could. Making her path investigating murders, and sex crimes, is a far cry for the political world of her parents. She is very sensitive of her past and the press are like vultures. Her partner, Todd Beckett, is the boyfriend of Lucy Kendall from Green's other series. The characters are solid cops doing excellent work with realistic issues. An outstanding thrill ride that had me at the edge of my seat. Twist and turns will keep you guessing but you'd be wrong. I was given an advanced copy through Netgalley and my review was written voluntarily.