The Blackout Murders

by Leo Kessler

Featuring Major Mackenzie Wartime London, 1942. Just like sixty-odd years before, a fiend is loose in the dark fogbound streets of London. But, unlike Jack the Ripper, this monster looks for women in uniform to mutilate and kill. Major Mackenzie must come up with some answers . . . and fast!

Genres: War

287 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2004

About the author

Pseudonym for Charles Whiting

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's 1942 and Britain is at its lowest point of the war. To add to the nation's woes young service women begin to be brutally murdered in London. As it becomes evident that the killer is an American soldier the crimes take on a political dimension.

The story gets off to a promising start with some gripping action scenes. It becomes rather predictable by the half way point, however, and the ending falls a bit flat.

The book also suffers from that common curse of the Kindle reissue, a glut of uncorrected OCR errors.

[Cynthia Law · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much mystery. Lots of raunchy violent sex.

This book disappointed with little suspense, excess graphic violence and flat characters. I expected something more than a bad guy with no redeeming characteristics. All of the female characters were ugly and old or were portrayed as whores either professionally or by personality. Not my kind of story.

[Vikas Datta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, plausible plot... a little too unnecessary graphic sometimes