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Violence
A lot
Reviewers report murder and off-page beatings and specify that it is not Ripper-gory; one notes that the handling of a body near the end was the squeamish moment
Language
Barely any
Period-decorous throughout
Sexual Content
A lot
A significant portion is set inside a brothel with tableaux and clientele described frankly, and Veronica and Stoker's own relationship reaches a turning point
Substance Use
Some
Champagne and opium in the club's back rooms
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Royal scandal, class exploitation of the women in the club, and the ambient dread of the Whitechapel murders as newspaper background
What this book is about
Lady Wellingtonia sets Veronica and Stoker to recovering a compromising gift traceable to Prince Albert Victor. That means going undercover at Madame Aurore's high-class club, where a body promptly turns up. The fifth Veronica Speedwell sits inside the Whitechapel autumn without becoming a Ripper novel.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Brothel setting with frank sexual content
Jack the Ripper murders as background
Murder investigation
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