Daniella
Beckett and the Beast of Whitechapel:
Chilling New Novel Sees Murderous
Werewolf Pass Blame onto Jack the Ripper.
In a unique
and gripping twist of fact and fiction by A.J. McLeod, ‘Daniella Beckett and
the Beast of Whitechapel’ tells the story of a werewolf who rips through London
picking off victims; carefully orchestrating each murder so that Jack the
Ripper will get the blame. It’s certainly a literary innovation (it also passed
the Bechdel Test!), as few authors dare tread on the toes of one of history’s
most notorious evil characters.
Contact:
Allan J McLeod
Email: allan.s.mcleod@gmail.com
*PDF media review copies will be emailed upon request
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
United Kingdom – Jack
the Ripper’s story and identity has kept thousands awake at night, hoping that
a similar ‘ripper’ won’t rear his head any time soon. In a new book by A.J.
McLeod, Jack the Ripper experiences something of a redemption, as many of his
victims are discovered to instead have been killed by a tenacious werewolf.
‘Daniella Beckett and the Beast of Whitechapel’ takes Jack’s
story, wraps it in fictional twists and spits it back out in a genre-defying
adventure that will stiffen the hairs on the arms of even the hardiest readers.
Synopsis:
With the murder of Mary
Jane Kelly the Modus Operandi of the killings in Whitechapel changed. The
surgical skill of Jack the Ripper was replaced with ruthless abandon, and the
careful, precise and deliberate methods used to carve the poor victims became
vicious and frenzied.
Due to heightened
tensions between the police and the people living in the East End of London the
police couldn't openly admit that there was a second serial killer walking the
streets of London taking the lives of innocents in the dead of night, even
though this beast was far more dangerous than any which the police had hunted
before.
When Daniella and her
fiancé Thomas were holidaying in a quiet place a little way outside London the
world seemed perfect; but when a strange and mysterious beast attacks them on
the way home the world changed forever. Upon returning to London grieving the
loss of her fiancé, Danielle makes an unlikely friend in a man called Theodore
together and aided by a desperate police constabulary they prowl the East End
of London looking for the beast who killed her fiancé.
“Nobody has ever dared take Jack the Ripper’s victims and try
to pass them off as someone else’s,” admits McLeod, who has previously published
a novelette and a collection of short stories. “The werewolf in our story used
London’s East as his dumping ground, because he knew Jack would get the blame.”
Continuing, “But there’s a second side to this story.
Daniella eventually discovers the truth and then embarks on a quest to kill the
werewolf. The equinox looms and, for one reason and another, Daniella also
faces becoming and remaining a werewolf if she can’t kill the antagonist before
midnight. I can’t say any more; if you want to discover what happens – you’ll
need to buy the book!”
‘Daniella Beckett and the Beast of Whitechapel’ is available
now. For more information and to view the author’s other works, visit: http://www.allanmcleod.co.uk/.
To take advantage of a special discount on the novel (from $9.75
to just $5), enter coupon code ‘W3G2ATGQ’ when ordering from: https://www.createspace.com/4646499.
Throughout March, hard copies can be also be purchased from
Amazon UK at the heavily-discounted price of just £4.75: http://amzn.to/1KVFdYl.
Kobo copies are available for 61p: http://bit.ly/1B3ZHDd.
The author has published the prologue and chapter 1 of his
book on his blog and there are links to purchase the full version on Amazon,
Booktopia, Kobo and Barnes & Noble, visit: http://allanmcleodonline.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/daniellabeckett-and-beast-of.html.
View the book trailer at: http://www.allanmcleod.co.uk/#!books-f/c1x3t.
Merchandise can be purchased here: http://www.cafepress.co.uk/allanmcleodonline/11652564.
About the Author:
Allan McLeod was born in June 1988 and lives in Middlesbrough, in the
UK. He is an honours graduate of the Open University, England and he has also
studied at the University of Worcester and Inverness College of the University
of the Highlands and Islands. He has higher educational qualifications in
Natural & Health Sciences as well as Managing Care and Infection Prevention
and Control. He has completed short courses in Chemistry, Physics, Creative
Writing, Understanding Mathematics for Health and Crime Scene &
Forensic Investigation.
McLeod has intensely studied creative writing and crime scene
investigation (of which Jack the Ripper formed a major component). These, along
with his passionate interest in the paranormal, served as perfect inspiration
for such a unique novel.
Allan is currently an author in the fields of philosophy and fiction
having 3 titles in-print and several more in progress or in the planning stage.
Allan’s interests are socializing, writing and personal fitness,
including running and cycling.
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