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Anne Nielson, a determined American journalist, travels to London in the wake of her sisterβs strange death. What begins as a straightforward investigation spirals into a nightmarish descent through a corrupt, perverse netherworld. Facing bizarre horrors and moral ambiguity, Anne finds herself fighting not just for truth but for her own survival, relying on unlikely comrades among the dead. The tension mounts toward a chilling confrontation where the boundary between life and death blurs in the darkest corners of the city.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Horror/Psychological Horror
Authors: Kim Newman
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