The Gaslamp Murders: Legacy - EBook
The Gaslamp Murders: Legacy - EBook
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The murders ended. The house remained. And some legacies refuse to die.
London, 1914. Years have passed since the terrible events that gave 47 Cromwell Road its sinister reputation. But as Britain enters the First World War, the darkness surrounding the house is far from finished.
A new family now lives beneath its roof, carrying troubles of their own. While William faces the horrors of war, Helen struggles with dangers much closer to home. And somewhere in the shadows is Dorothy—the daughter of the notorious Gaslamp Murderer, a young woman haunted by the mother she never truly escaped.
As war tears families apart, the past begins reaching into the present. Dorothy is drawn ever closer to the legacy of her parents, while violence, obsession and madness once again circle Number 47. Those living inside its walls must decide whether the horrors surrounding them are the work of damaged minds—or whether something far more sinister has taken hold of the house.
From the battlefields of Europe to the gaslit rooms of Cromwell Road, old crimes and new betrayals collide as another generation discovers that escaping the past may be impossible.
The Gaslamp Murders: Legacy is Book 2 of The Gaslamp Murders, a dark historical domestic thriller of family secrets, murder, psychological suspense and a house whose terrible legacy refuses to remain buried.
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The Gaslamp Murders: Legacy is a gripping continuation of the first book, but it also takes the story in a direction I wasn't expecting. Years have passed, Britain is entering the First World War, and a new family is living at [****]. Unfortunately, the past hasn't finished with the house—or the people connected to it.
Dorothy Mane was probably the most fascinating character for me. As the daughter of Thomas and Edie, she is trying to understand where she came from, but there is something deeply disturbing beneath her polished exterior. The contrast between Dorothy and Helen, the young mother now living at number 47, makes the story especially compelling.
I also liked the way the First World War becomes part of the story rather than simply being a historical backdrop. William's experiences away from home and Helen's growing isolation at Cromwell Road create two very different kinds of danger. Meanwhile, the house is still there, quietly connecting the new story to everything that happened in the first book.
There are murders, ghosts, family secrets and some genuinely creepy moments, but underneath all of that is a story about the damage one generation can leave behind for the next.
A dark, atmospheric sequel that made [****] even more unsettling than it was in Book 1.