A ghastly catastrophe by Deanna Raybourn

By: Deanna Raybourn

Narrated by: Angéle Masters

Series: Veronica Speedwell Mysteries, Book 10

Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins

Release date: 03-03-26

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Categories: Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Another book that I failed to review in time, I am like 1,5 weeks late.

Veronica and Stoker seems to be pretty, sort of, settled by now. They are together, they are happy as things are.

Then they get a new murder to solver. A strange death, a victim missing all his blood. Is there a vampire in London?

A nice mystery. They meet a strange man who is a vampire? His witchy assistant? And things get weird as they try to solve it.

I think I have done audio before, but I am unsure. I kind of miss the book format now to be honest. Kind of makes me want to read book 1 again

When the corpse of an entitled young man is found entirely drained of blood in a carriage next to Highgate Cemetery, Veronica’s interest is piqued. And then a second victim is found, his death made to look like a suicide, and Veronica and her intrepid beau, Stoker, know the hunt is on. The two men share one they were both members of a society so secretive that only a singular mention of it can be found anywhere.

Thirsty for more clues, Veronica and Stoker hear that a young Roma boy may know more about their first victim, but the only way to the boy is through an old acquaintance of Stoker’s, Lady Julia Brisbane. Lady Julia and her dashing husband, Nicholas, occasionally track down murderers and are only too happy to help. But as it becomes clear the secret society is a dangerous sect looking to entice immortality seekers, Veronica and Stoker find themselves ensnared by a decidedly more sinister couple.

The professed leader of the society claims to be a creature of the night; his partner practices witchcraft and they both fancy themselves emissaries of the otherworldly. Just as Veronica and Stoker get closer to learning the true purpose of the society and unraveling this macabre mystery, another body turns up, and they quickly discover they’ve gone from being the hunters to the hunted. . . .