Apologies to the Cat's Meat Man: A Novel of Annie Chapman, the Second Victim of Jack the Ripper: Jack the Ripper Victims Series

Christine said Christine's Horror Fiction Reviews. Back in August, appropriately enough, I read and reviewed another in the author’s victims-of-Jack-the-Ripper series, A Brutal Chill in August. It blew me away, historical fiction done right, so you’d better believe I was ready for more!Oh, and if you’re one of those brats saying ye. E.P. Clark said A Simple Yet Moving Story of the life of a Woman Who Achieved Notoriety with her Death. Although serial killers are not normally my thing, I've been reading these illustrated novels based on the lives of the victims of Jack the Ripper with interest. Rather than focus on the pathologies of Jack the Ripper's mind, and the goriness of his methods, this books put the spotlight on how his v. Rodney Gardner said Conditions like raw sewage running through the streets. The fourth book in the Jack the Ripper Victims Series, Apologies to the Cat’s Meat Man showcases Clark again infusing loads of humanity into an historical context. Annie Chapman’s story is told from a past and present narrative, her last week alive in contrast to a regrettable past. TheÃ

Each novel in the series is a stand-alone story. Late in life, circumstances and her choices led her to earn her crust by solicitation. After a bruising brawl with another woman over money and a man, she lost her lodgings and found herself sleeping rough. That dangerous turn of events delivered her into the hands of London's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Annie Chapman led a hard, lower class life in filthy 19th century London. Contrasting her last week alive with the experiences of her earlier life, the author helps listeners understand how she might have made the decisions that put her in the wrong place at the wrong time.. This novel is part of the Jack the Ripper Victims Series