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A Blood Red Diary
(2020)(A Blood Red Sunset)
(The third book in the Finley Jameson & Joseph Argenti series)A novel by John Matthews
A new terror is stalking New York City in 1895 . . .A young woman is brutally killed. Gangsters are ruling the streets. Investigators Jameson and Argenti have a desperate fight to uncover the truth.
★★★★★ “Matthews tells a great story laced with pathos and unexpected twists.” — Amazon reviewer
Aristocratic English pathologist Finley Jameson — one of a new type of forensic examiner — and streetwise New York cop Joseph Argenti have been working together for five years now. New York City continues to be dominated by gangsters and dragged down by police corruption.
But Theodore Roosevelt has taken over as the new Chief Police Commissioner and he is determined to make a change to how things are run.
When a young woman is stabbed to death in a savage attack, Jameson and Argenti are brought in to investigate. The traits show disturbing similarities to a previous 'Jack the Ripper' case. Is it just a 'copycat' killing, or could the 'Ripper', suspected to have died, have somehow returned?
With old vendettas putting a target on their heads, and ruthless mobsters with whom they have long done battle still at large, it is harder than ever for Jameson and Argenti to solve this mysterious case.
They must infiltrate deep into the city’s underworld if they are to have any chance of stopping the ruthless killer.
But Argenti, the so-called “untouchable” cop, is also facing his own internal battle to avoid being corrupted by one of the gangsters? The question is, can he resist the temptation?
A Blood Red Sunset is the third crime thriller in the Jameson & Argenti Victorian mystery series: hard-boiled urban investigations into serial killers that are packed full of suspense.
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REVIEWERS ON THE JAMESON & ARGENTI SERIES:
★★★★★ “A thrilling tale of murder, corruption and trust” - Uncorked Thoughts
★★★★★ “An exciting, captivating, thrilling and believable read” - House of Books
★★★★★ “Well told; gritty and gruesome in all the right places, and with plenty of action.” - Books Butterfly
★★★★★ "John Matthews ticked all the right boxes. . . invoked a sense of realism which helped transport me to the time where this heinous tale of bloodshed was splashed across the headlines” - Just a Guy That Likes to Read
Genre: Mystery
★★★★★ “Matthews tells a great story laced with pathos and unexpected twists.” — Amazon reviewer
Aristocratic English pathologist Finley Jameson — one of a new type of forensic examiner — and streetwise New York cop Joseph Argenti have been working together for five years now. New York City continues to be dominated by gangsters and dragged down by police corruption.
But Theodore Roosevelt has taken over as the new Chief Police Commissioner and he is determined to make a change to how things are run.
When a young woman is stabbed to death in a savage attack, Jameson and Argenti are brought in to investigate. The traits show disturbing similarities to a previous 'Jack the Ripper' case. Is it just a 'copycat' killing, or could the 'Ripper', suspected to have died, have somehow returned?
With old vendettas putting a target on their heads, and ruthless mobsters with whom they have long done battle still at large, it is harder than ever for Jameson and Argenti to solve this mysterious case.
They must infiltrate deep into the city’s underworld if they are to have any chance of stopping the ruthless killer.
But Argenti, the so-called “untouchable” cop, is also facing his own internal battle to avoid being corrupted by one of the gangsters? The question is, can he resist the temptation?
A Blood Red Sunset is the third crime thriller in the Jameson & Argenti Victorian mystery series: hard-boiled urban investigations into serial killers that are packed full of suspense.
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REVIEWERS ON THE JAMESON & ARGENTI SERIES:
★★★★★ “A thrilling tale of murder, corruption and trust” - Uncorked Thoughts
★★★★★ “An exciting, captivating, thrilling and believable read” - House of Books
★★★★★ “Well told; gritty and gruesome in all the right places, and with plenty of action.” - Books Butterfly
★★★★★ "John Matthews ticked all the right boxes. . . invoked a sense of realism which helped transport me to the time where this heinous tale of bloodshed was splashed across the headlines” - Just a Guy That Likes to Read
Genre: Mystery
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