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.