This #1 New York Times bestseller and deliciously creepy horror novel has a storyline inspired
by the Ripper murders and an unexpected blood-chilling conclusion. Seventeen-year-old Audrey
Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out
before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings she leads a forbidden secret
life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations Audrey often slips away to
her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a
string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer her
search for answers brings her back to her own sheltered world. The story's shocking twists and
turns augmented with real sinister period photos will make this dazzling #1 New York Times
bestselling debut from author Kerri Maniscalco impossible to forget.
