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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Murder, Gore, Death, PTSD, Anxiety, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood
Escaping from Houdini
by Kerri Maniscalco
Book 3 in Stalking Jack the Ripper
A gothic murder mystery aboard an ocean liner with a traveling carnival - gruesome tarot-card murders, a love triangle that tests Audrey Rose, and Thomas Cresswell being Thomas Cresswell.
goodreads 3.92/5 59,487 ratings
storykind_community 3/5 2 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length416 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 4 books
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Mutual pining
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Medium burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Adrenaline rush
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- Scholar/intellectual
- Love/hate tension
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Tension finally satisfied
- Secretly soft
- Intellectual connection
- The angst delivered
Fantasy promise
- Young adult
- Love triangle
- Ship / at sea
- Historical
- Humans only
- Forced proximity
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- Circus / theatre / performance troupe
- Hidden identity
- Secret relationship
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Bookworm/scholar
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- Mysterious
- Gothic
- General badass
- Eerie
- Suspenseful
- Conversational
- Immersive
- Romantic
- Intense
- Thrilling
- Page turner
- No one is safe
- Plot twist heavy
- Deadly trials
- Fever dream energy
- Traveling caravan
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Book details
- Length
- 416 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book