The foggy streets of london'swhitechapel district have become a nocturnal hunting ground for jack the ripper, and flower seller constance piper struggles to survive in a place where every woman fears the night.
When a high-born stranger begs for her help in uncovering the truth behind a brutal murder, constance becomes entangled in a dangerous search that leads far beyond the headlines.
As public hysteria mounts and the killings continue, constance follows a trail that leads beyond the accepted ripper narrative and finds herself guided by a curious ally. Is this helper a guardian ... or something far more dangerous?
Inside you will read about...
- The whitechapel murderer's hunting ground
- Leather apron
- The double murder
- The investigation
- Letters from jack the ripper
- Who was jack the ripper?
- And much more!
The mystery of jack the ripper and the murders he committed in london's east end in the late nineteenth century has horrified and fascinated spectators and readers for over a century. In one of the first recognized mass murderers, he terrorized some of london's poorest and most vulnerable residents and brutally killed a series of women before seeming to disappear.
Police investigative practices were in their infancy at the time, and without sophisticated tools, london's forces of order were unable to catch the criminal.
