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Stalking Jack the Ripper

by Kerri Maniscalco

The Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalco has 5 known books (5 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Stalking Jack the Ripper (2016).

Books
5 known books (4 novels + 1 novella)
Published
5
First published
2016
Status
completed
Shelved under
Mystery & Crime
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Start here: Stalking Jack the Ripper (2016) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Stalking Jack the Ripper

Stalking Jack the Ripper (2016)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Stalking Jack the Ripper

    Novel

    Stalking Jack the Ripper is the book that opens Kerri Maniscalco's Stalking Jack the Ripper series, first published in 2016. It's followed in the reading order by Hunting Prince Dracula. It runs 464 pages. The series ran to completion in 2019 across 5 books.

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  2. Hunting Prince Dracula

    Novel

    Hunting Prince Dracula is the second book in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series, published in 2017. It sits between Stalking Jack the Ripper and Escaping From Houdini in the reading order. It runs 434 pages.

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  3. Escaping From Houdini

    Novel

    Escaping From Houdini is the third book in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series, published in 2018. In the reading order it comes after Hunting Prince Dracula and before Becoming the Dark Prince. It runs 449 pages.

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  4. Becoming the Dark Prince

    Novella

    Becoming the Dark Prince is a novella in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series, published in 2019. It follows Escaping From Houdini and precedes Capturing the Devil in the reading order.

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  5. Capturing the Devil

    Novel

    Capturing the Devil is the fourth book in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series, published in 2019. It follows Becoming the Dark Prince, closing out a series that ran from 2016 to 2019. It runs 504 pages.

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About the Stalking Jack the Ripper series

Audrey Rose Wadsworth has a secret her upper-crust Victorian London family would be scandalized by: she trains in secret as her uncle's forensic medicine apprentice, dissecting cadavers and studying crime scenes at a time when women weren't permitted anywhere near a lecture hall, let alone a morgue. When a series of gruesome murders begins terrorizing Whitechapel -- the real Jack the Ripper killings -- Audrey Rose is pulled into the investigation alongside her uncle's enigmatic, sharp-tongued assistant Thomas Cresswell, and the case turns out to be far more personal than either of them expects.

Kerri Maniscalco's breakout series pairs genuine forensic-science detail (period-accurate autopsy procedure, crime-scene analysis) with a slow-burn enemies-to-partners romance and a gothic, fog-and-gaslight Victorian London atmosphere. Audrey Rose is a determined, unapologetically ambitious heroine fighting her era's assumptions about what a woman can study and know, and Thomas's arrogant genius plays perfectly against her own. Across four books, the central Ripper mystery of the first novel opens into a wider quartet of period-set investigations, following the pair from Whitechapel to Bucharest, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner, and to a chilling final case tied to the killer who started it all.

For readers who want their historical mystery with real gore, real romantic tension, and a heroine who refuses to stay in her assigned lane, this is one of the genre's most popular modern entries.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series?

Four novels -- Stalking Jack the Ripper (2016), Hunting Prince Dracula (2017), Escaping From Houdini (2018), and Capturing the Devil (2019) -- plus a companion novella, Becoming the Dark Prince (2019).

What order should I read Stalking Jack the Ripper in?

Publication order: Stalking Jack the Ripper, Hunting Prince Dracula, Escaping From Houdini, then the novella Becoming the Dark Prince, then Capturing the Devil. Each book builds on the last.

Is Stalking Jack the Ripper based on the real Jack the Ripper murders?

The first book is set against the real 1888 Whitechapel murders, though Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell are fictional characters and the investigation's resolution is Maniscalco's own invention.

Is the Stalking Jack the Ripper quartet finished?

Yes, it concludes with Capturing the Devil.

What is Becoming the Dark Prince about?

It's a short companion novella (sometimes listed as book 3.5) that fills in story between Escaping From Houdini and Capturing the Devil.

Is this the same series as Kingdom of the Wicked?

No, Kingdom of the Wicked is a separate, unrelated fantasy-romance trilogy by the same author, with a different setting, era, and cast.

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