"Beasts of London is an intricately crafted reconstruction of a time that existed and a man who - hopefully - did not."-Renee April, author of the Molten Crown trilogy.
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Beasts of London (Method of the Kill #1)
Bartholomew Bartleby fought to find the man who killed Jack the Ripper—he just never expected him to be worse.
In the dark streets of deepest London, Bartholomew searches for answers. But when the answers find him, he's thrown into a hidden world of the unknown, the unknowable, and the downright monstrous.
Under the tutelage of—or perhaps, kidnapped by—one of the last hunters fighting the secret war between man and monster, Bartholomew investigates the death of a man seemingly dropped from the sky, the latest in a series of murders around the city. One tenuous link connects them all—the legendary Bethlehem Hospital... Bedlam.
As Bartholomew and his mentor immerse themselves in this new mystery, others begin to surround him with their nagging questions; who is the cackling coach driver with silver hair and laughing eyes? Why is the house tended by a giant, walking corpse, who serves sandwiches as delicate as their voice? Why does everyone flinch from his mentor, the man who works beside him?
Just who is Jean Reynard?
Fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy, and players of Assassin's Creed Syndicate will enjoy sinking their teeth into the fantastically detailed world of Maloney's London and the complex characters he has created.
"Beasts of London manages to capture us readers not with a grand display of action, but a dozen mini-mysteries, stated or sown, to be answered throughout the rest of the novel and presumably in other yet-to-be-released entries of the Method to Kill series."
"A deep, dark journey into Victorian London, the tale sets the tone of the story from the very beginning in an intriguing mystery. I loved its deeply disturbed and flawed, but utterly fascinating characters—absolutely at odds with their own inner turmoil. They ooze forth from the page with a life of their own."
"Beasts of London hits a lot of your standard murder mystery tropes, and I loved it for those facts. There's something about murder mystery puzzles, the 'strong experienced detective' and found family that work really well."
Read the first chapter here!
Product Details
Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-6455708-8-5
Publisher: SkyNation Publishing
Publication Date: June 13 2024
Series: Method of the Kill
Pages: 484
Product Dimension: 198mm x 129mm
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-6455708-7-8
Publisher: SkyNation Publishing
Publication Date: June 13 2024
Series: Method of the Kill
Pages: 460
Product Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm
Special Edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-7643559-1-9
Publisher: SkyNation Publishing
Publication Date: June 11 2025
Series: Method of the Kill
Pages: 450
Product Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm
Special Features: Sprayed edges, gold foil, printed endpapers, signed by the author
