The Ripper of Whitechapel by Yvette Fielding

The Ripper of Whitechapel by Yvette Fielding
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Time taken to read - 3 days

Pages - 256

Publisher -

Source - Bought

Blurb from Goodreads

When the ghosts of two young children start to haunt a local school, trainee ghost hunters Eve, Clovis and Tom are invited to help investigate the case. But before long they realise there is more to this haunting than they first realised. Could it be that the ghost children are victims of Jack the Ripper? And is the evil Ripper of Whitechapel about to unleash a new campaign of terror from beyond the grave?


My Review

A thin book and my first by this author however I believe it is part of a series, yes it is book two of a series. I don't think I missed out having not read book one as it does bring you up to speed with the characters and a wee bit of back story. Basically two children's ghosts are at the local school, trio Eve, Clovis and Tom are in training, ghost hunting with Eve's uncle who is a pro at it. They not only find the children but something far more darker and terrible, dun dun dun, the ghost of Jak the Ripper who Rufus (Eve's uncle) has encountered before.

Rufus is connected to an organisation that deals with the supernatural and a different plane of reality which I loved. It kind of reminded me of the people in the Mayfair witches who kept a history of the witches and ghosts. The two worlds and how easy it is for things to cross over, the different types of ghosts and of course Jack the Ripper is always going to be a big pull. He has always had mystery, horror and fear surrounding him and now he is a ghost with the ability to hurt humans, freaky for sure.

The only think I would say, the characters are young, it is a young adult book but some of their behaviours are really quite young, the parental/family issues especially for one of the characters. Then they are quite mature in other aspects but then very young in others. Give me anything with ghosts and I will be delighted, add a baddy like Jack in, sold. It jumped around a little but I did love any of the ghost stuff so for me it is a 3/5. This is my first time reading this author, I would absolutely read her other books!

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