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 lords 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 fathers wishes and societys expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncles 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 storys 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.