A deliciously creepy horror novel with a story line 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 close to her own sheltered world. The story's shocking twists and turns augmented
with real sinister period photos will make this #1 New York Times bestselling debut from
author Kerri Maniscalco impossible to forget.
