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The third book in David Peace’s Red Riding Quartet continues the tense saga begun in "Nineteen Seventy-Four" and "Nineteen Seventy-Seven." Yorkshire is gripped by the Ripper’s violent crimes while local police remain corrupt and self‑serving. To bring fresh insight, the authorities call in Peter Hunter, a "clean" investigator from Manchester. Hunter quietly establishes a covert investigation, but as he probes the case, he faces the same peril that befell those who previously obstructed the Ripper: his house is set ablaze and his wife is threatened. Nevertheless, he persists, confronting an unimaginable evil and struggling to protect his reputation, sanity, and life.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: David Peace
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