Smart, loving, and focused on each other but also the mystery. However, when Mephistopheles wasn’t present, Audrey and Thomas were just as good as they were in the first two books. His character also drove a wedge between Audrey and Thomas, which basically ruined one of my favorite things about these books: Audrey and Thomas’s banter. Audrey was more focused on getting to know Mephistopheles than she was on solving this murder. With the murders circling around the Moonlight Carnival, it felt really wrong and foolish for Audrey to suddenly excuse Mephistopheles’s suspicious behavior because he’s interesting. Mephistopheles is the “Ring Leader” of the Moonlight Carnival, and he is also the new love interest for Audrey Rose. So it was a pretty big let down when the third book in the series not only introduced a second love interest for Audrey, but also used the murders to drive a wedge between Audrey and Thomas.Įscaping From Houdini looked like it could be an amazing read, but the moment the Moonlight Carnival and Mephistopheles was introduced, I knew I would have more than a few problems. I’m not the biggest fan of romance, so the fact that I found a series where I actually enjoyed it was amazing to me.

I loved the mystery-solving power-couple that Audrey Rose and Thomas came to be throughout the first two books. As I mentioned, I adored the first two books in this series. Why this book?: I adored the first two books in this series, Stalking Jack the Ripper& Hunting Prince Dracula. On the boat Etruria, murders inspired by the performing Moonlight Carnival force Audrey and Thomas to solve rush the solve before more passengers are killed.

After solving the copy-cat Dracula murders in Romania, Audrey Rose and Thomas Cresswell were invited by Audrey’s uncle to the United States to help solve another forensic mystery.

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