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Settle Back for a Hot One: IT"S RIPPING TIME When terrorists gun down Jenna Caddrick's fiancee, the only daughter of Senator John Caddrick is trapped in a desperate struggle to stay alive. With a pack of killers on her trail, Jenna plunges through Shangri-La Station's time touring gates-and lands in London of 1888, just in time to meet Jack the Ripper. And Skeeter Jackson, newly reformed con artist, finds himself caught up in the biggest mystery of the century. All Skeeter has to do is find the Senator's missing daughter, track down lanira Cassandra's kidnappers, stop a cult of killers and survive Ripping Time ...
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I found this book a bit hard to get into at the start due to the many complexities of the characters and sub-plots. There seemed to be too many, as if the authors main storyline was not up to much. At the end of the book however you are greeted with the fact that the story line continues in the next book in the series (THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT). Personally I believe the book would have been considerably better if a number of the sub-plots had been removed and the storyline condensed into one excellent book, instead of two good books
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Although a good book, Ripping Time does not stand up to the high standard of the first two in the series. There were too many plot-lines and I found it difficult to "get to know" the characters. The humour which was a fundamental part of the series to date seemed to be missing.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
they're baaacck.....
2 Mar 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Meaning Kit Carson, his grandaughter, Margo, Skeeter Jackson and the rest of the residents of Time Terminal 86, and this time they have to deal with that unknown "gentleman" of Victorian England known as Jack the Ripper. May as well get a couple of flaws out of the way first...As some of the other reviewers have pointed out, this is in two parts, which is needless. The book would not have been absurdly large had it all been published as a single volume, so to actually complete the story, you'll need to go ahead and buy the second book "The House That Jack Built" as well. There is also some bad writing here in a place or two...a few run-on sentences that just go on and on, to the point you find yourself having to go back and reread the passage more than once to figure out what is meant.This is not really a criticism, but the authors obviously accept the James Maybrick Diary (published a few years ago as "The Diary of Jack the Ripper") as geniune. There are some convincing arguements in favor of the diary, but just as many arguements, and just as compelling, that it is false. That said, what you are left with is a "ripping' (lousy pun intended) good story. You have a crooked polictian (isn't this becoming just a bit of cliche character now?) with his own agenda, murdering anyone who gets in the way, including his own daugther, who manages to avoid the planned hit with the help of a mysterious private investigator, and flees down the Victorian England "gate" to escape the pursuing hit men, and guess who is waiting on the other side? Actually, the "Whitechapel Murders" forms a second plot, in which a team of investigators are trying to positivly ID the Ripper,but they are in for a big surprise when they do. A pretty good book, but you do have to have both of them...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great Read, Fascinating look at Victorian England, but...
16 May 2000
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I recommend this book highly but be warned, It does not have a conclusion but a "to be continued.." on the last page. I eagerly await "The House that Jack Built" but would have appreciated a warning that "Ripping Time" is only the first half the story. I hate reading in installments and would have shelved it until the conclusion (I hope?) came out, had I known. So, If you are like me, buy it and wait for the rest of the story. If not, buy it and read it now, then wait. But BUY it. While waiting, check out the previous books in this series. They provide many of the characters who appear in "Ripping Time" and are enjoyable reads on thier own.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Don't start this book!
24 Jun 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
There's little I hate more than reading a book only to find out I have to wait another year to finish it. This book is very much a cliffhanger, so wait until the sequel is out to even start it. The story itself is good, if a bit too detailed in the grisly parts and a bit long-winded in places. If they'd warned me ahead of time that it was only half a book, I'd probably rate it 4*'s
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