Ripper

If Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr had a child together that child would be Michael Slade. Ripper is the fourth in Michael Slade's incredible Special X series and it is just that; a tribute to Christie and Carr. Special X is too busy investigating a series of gruesome murders to give a lot of attention of a gathering of the world's greatest mystery writers but, when the writers start getting murdered in impossible ways and by maniacal methods, the lone representative of the RCMP must try to survive long enough to discover the mystery of the Ripper. Michael Slade, the best selling author of 11 Special X novels to date, crafted a mystery masterpiece with Ripper, a loving, blood soaked tribute to Christie's "And then there were none," and Carr's "The Three Coffins." Slade deals out this ever-twisting story like a three-card-Monte dealer; constantly daring you to solve the riddles, and then delighting in proving you wrong. Diabolical, gruesome, twisted, and brilliant, Ripper is one for the record books. Michael Slade has done it again.

400 pages of insanity, wall to wall chaos, gore, sex, and chaos. Slade's best book in my opinion for the simple fact that this novel is unashomed to be what it is - a 400 page trip to hell and back.Read this book!((Hoping Burnt Bones and Death's Door are this good...about to read those....))

This was actually the first Slade book I read, and was really the greatest. If you like booby traps that kill people in unusual, and quite gruesome, ways, you will love this book. It's fast paced, except for some history background that will slow the story down a little bit. But a book could not be called a Slade book if it didn't have some interesting historical story to back it up with. A great read and will keep you on your toes til the very end.

This was my first Slade reading and it was great! Scary, suspenseful, well written, and greatly detailed. With a great mix of legend, facts and characters. I will now be reading all of his books--I guess I'm a Sladist, too! Can't wait to get the others!!