I’m an iffy on historical fiction sometimes, but I do love a good mystery. The historical fiction needs to strike some interest for me and this one did because it had mystery, twists and turns. It was like Sherlock Holmes with a female sidekick. I didn’t know this was a series, but didn’t feel like I had to read the first ones to catch on.

Husband and wife team are called on to help the Churchills and the threats that the family are receiving about Winston Churchills father being Jack the Ripper. I loved listening to the way they investigated and how they solved the crime.

Thank you #NetGalley for the advance copy

This is the first time reading this author. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series. This is the latest book so I will start from the beginning. I do not know if it’s better to start from the beginning of the series. The characters are so delightful and the story line is intriguing. I love this time frame and author. Highly recommend.

The premise of this story is an interesting one - I love the Victorian setting and the ties to Jack the Ripper. While the story is slow burn, the audiobook narrators were engaging and enjoyable and having started the series with this book, which is book 6, I didn't feel like I was lacking any information to understand the story, though perhaps it would've been nice to have the character development from the previous books for the investigating duo! All that said, I did feel like the story dragged. The multitude of characters were also a bit hard to keep track of by audio. I feel like sections of this book could've been cut out without negatively impacting the story and it might've even sped up the pace a bit.

Thanks to Dreamscape media and Netgalley for the audiobook ARC. All opinions are my own.

DNF at 25%. Nothing ever drew me in or kept me intrigued or made me want to keep reading. If you’re a fan of Jack the Ripper and pre WWII Britain history you might be more interested in those aspects. But this was not for me.

I listened to the new audiobook by Dreamscape and found the narrator engaging.

Thanks to Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for an audioARC in exchange for an honest review.

Interesting to read. I was not sure if I’d like this time frame, so it was an adventure.

Read it and enjoy the beautiful writing.

I really wanted to love this but it didn’t quite hit the high notes for me. I was so interested in connecting Jack the Ripper to Churchill but it fell a little flat for me. The first half dragged for me and there seemed to be too many characters for me. The last half was definitely faster paced for me though.

Murder, blackmail, royal conspiracies and British politics. This Robin Paige mystery has it all. Death at Whitechapel is book 6 in a series about the mystery-solving husband and wife duo, Kathryn and Charles Ardleigh. In this book they’re called in to help with a scandal wreaking havoc for Jennie Churchill and the political aspirations of her son, Winston. Someone is claiming to have proof that his father is none other than Jack the Ripper!

Starting at book 6 didn’t impact my understanding of the plot but I would have preferred to start at book 1 for the character development of Kate and Charles. For me, it could have been two hours shorter. It seemed to take forever to get to the resolution. But the narrator was great which made me hang in until the end.

I had read the first book in this series and really enjoyed the characters (Charles and Kathryn) in this series. I actually listened to this book as an ARC for the audiobook that is being published in 2023.

The storyline of this book was great. This is one of my favorite time periods for settings in books I read and then bonus - Jack the Ripper snd Winston Churchill are present in this book. So this became a must for me.

I did enjoy the audiobook narration. I thought the narrator did a good job.

I really enjoyed this book and now will have to go and read books 2-5 to see the leaps that happened in Charles and Katheryn’s relationship.

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for letting me listen to this ARC audiobook. The opinions in this review are my own.

A wonderful tale of intrigue, malevolent reactions, murder with a combination of gentry and working folk in Victorian London. Twisted bullies that lead to a set of circumstances that engaged a hunt through the squalor.

Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen rage and review this arc which is available April 4,2023!

So this was a neat premise! The story is a mystery about how Winston Churchill’s father might very well be Jack The Ripper.

It’s about his mom Kathryn Ardleigh and her recently Lorded husband Charles Sheridan. She makes a friend in Jennie Jerome Churchill who is a wild thing whose exploits are always in the tabloids.

Narrator Helen Jacobs does an excellent job of conveying each character and the nuances of Victorian London Society.

The story is well written and well researched. It was a fun listen

Death at Whitechapel is the sixth book in a series, and despite being able to be read as a standalone, I think I would have liked this one more if I had read the other five first. This book is set in 1800s England and I really enjoyed how the author portrayed the treatment of women during that time. It was very realistic. It was hard to get to know the characters in this book, probably because I haven't read the rest of the series. Everyone seemed very flat and one dimensional. The plot was a complex story about Jack the Ripper so I had expected more suspense and danger than the book provided. So while this book was well written it just wasn't for me. I'm sure lovers of historical fiction will really enjoy this one though.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Death at Whitechapel by Robin Paige is part of a favorite series that I read years ago. In this newest form it is even better. Some books are meant to be made into audiobooks. Some are not. This is the former. Helen Johns does an excellent job reading the book. She is outstanding as the narrator. I didn’t like her portrayal of Kate as much, but that is personal taste. It is always challenging to hear a favorite book or see it on video. Too much chance it will destroy what the reader had imagined from the words alone. This was a good choice. It is an excellent book with a Victorian setting, a charming hero and heroine, and the opportunity for legendary personalities of the time to make an appearance. In this case, it is Jenny Churchill, the American mother of the infamous Winston ( who makes a brief appearance) who has sought out the couple for help. She is being blackmailed and it has been going on for a while. She is bankrupt, which is a related but separate problem.

Charles Sheridan is a modern Englishman who respects and admires his wife and includes her in his life and investigations. Kate is a typical American of the time, too willing to hurry things along and rush straight into a situation. She is not squeamish, as are many of her British counterparts. She is willing to plunge right in to help Jenny even as Charles is taking amore conservative approach. The plot revolves around the murders of women in Whitechapel, the work of Jack the Ripper. This is a time when technology is just beginning to raise its ugly head and one of the pieces used to blackmail Jenny is a photograph which has been “doctored,” much different than today with the advent of Photoshop and so much more. I totally enjoyed this listen.

I was invited to listen to an e-Audio version of Death at Whitechapel by Dreamscape Media, through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #Netgalley #DreamscapeMedia #RobinPaige #Helen Johns #DeathAtWhitechapel

3.5 stars. Jennie Jerome Churchill comes to her friend Kathryn with a dilemma: she's being blackmailed. Finances already in trouble, the blackmailer poses a serious threat to Jennie and her son Winston Churchill. They claim that Lord Randall, Jennie's late husband, was the infamous murderer Jack the Ripper. But that can't be true...right? Kathryn and her husband Charles start investigating, and they discover a tangled web of deeds and associations that quickly spin out of control. Will they be able to help Jennie prove the accusations false and save Winston's fledging political career?

Gosh, what a ride. This mystery was so twisted! I enjoyed it for the most part, but unfortunately, it took a turn that I personally don't enjoy in my books. Aside from that facet, though, I think this was a really great little Victorian mystery. It's a relatively short read, and I flew through it in a day. The inclusion of speculation over who Jack the Ripper really was is always interesting to me, so that bit was great!

Thank you to Robin Paige, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley for my audio copy.

Death at Whitechapel is the 6th book of the Sir Charles Sheridan mystery series by Robin Paige. The series incorporates historical figures in fictional adventures including Winston Churchill and his widowed mother. Main characters Charles and Kathryn for help in a blackmail scheme involving Churchill’s mother. Investigating the blackmail eventually entangles them in the Jack the Ripper serial murders.

This was my first book in the series but look forward to reading some of the others.

I read this on audio and really enjoyed the narration.

Death at Whitechapel by Robin Paige
Narrator, Helen Johns
Book Six, A Victorian Mystery Series
I read a couple of books in this series when they first came out around twenty years ago. This is book six of twelve. I enjoyed this fictionalized solution to the Ripper murders involving the royal family and Jennie Jerome and her son
Winston Churchill. It may be far-fetched but it could happen.
I plan to go back and read the earlier books and then go on to the rest of the series. This could be read as a standalone but some background is good.
Robin Paige is Susan Wittig Albert and her husband. I have liked her other series as well.