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Nora Kenny makes the occasional journey on the Staten Island ferry to work in Prudence's Fifth Avenue house, just as her mother once served Prudence's mother. As little girls, they played freely together, before retreating into their respective social classes. Still, they remain fond of each other. But when Nora slips away to Saint Anselm's one chilly Saturday to confess her sins and never returns, Prudence is alarmed. And when Nora's body is discovered in a local park, Prudence is devastated.
Nora will not be the only young woman to fall victim, but the police are uncertain what they are dealing with. Has the Ripper sailed across the Atlantic to find a new hunting ground? Is some disturbed soul copying his crimes? A former Pinkerton agent, Geoffrey intends to step in where the New York Metropolitan Police seem to be failing, and Prudence is just as determined to protect the poor, vulnerable females being targeted. But a killer with a disordered mind and an incomprehensible motive may prove too elusive for even this experienced pair to outwit.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781541498952
- File size: 360774 KB
- Duration: 12:31:36
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- English
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December 4, 2017
A gruesome crime preoccupies sleuths Prudence MacKenzie, a wealthy heiress, and Geoffrey Hunter, an attorney who was once a Pinkerton detective, in Simpson’s solid second Gilded Age mystery (after 2017’s What the Dead Leave Behind). Someone brutally murders a young woman of Prudence’s acquaintance in the same way as London’s notorious Jack the Ripper. Could London’s scourge have relocated to New York City, or has America spawned its own copycat killer? The police are quick to arrest the victim’s fiancé, but Prudence and Geoffrey aren’t convinced. The duo begin their own investigation, risking their lives in the process. The well-drawn secondary characters cover a broad spectrum of society, ranging from an urban church rectory to the outlying farming communities of Long Island. Simpson’s close attention to the details of daily life lends a feeling of real immediacy and urgency to the quest for the killer. Fans of Anne Perry will find Prudence a worthy American cousin to Charlotte Pitt. Agent: Jessica Faust, BookEnds Literary Agency.
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