
A man wakes in a cell He doesn't know who he is or how long he has been here He doesn't even know his name All he knows is that someone has left the cell door open Nevil Hammersmith is a former Metropolitan Police sergeant He became a private detective when his colleague Walter Day went missing investigating the Ripper case He's been looking for Day for an entire year but it is as if his friend has completely vanished from the streets of London No one has heard from the Ripper in a long time No one knows when he will strike again That's just how he wants it For the Ripper has plans for the city & the man in the cell
- the man he believes is just like himself Praise for Alex Grecian's Scotland Yard Murder Squad Series' Will keep you riveted from page one' Jeffery Deaver'CSI Victorian London' Daily Express' Throw in deranged prostitutes poisonings & throat slittings galore amidst lashings of London fog Gory lurid & tons of guilty fun' Guardian' Shiver-inducingly creepy A racy read' Daily Express