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The streetlights of Albert Park cast long shadows as a modern Jack the Ripper prowls the suburb, striking with cruel knife thrusts and leaving three women dead. The residents, terrified and uncertain, await the next victim.
Into this atmosphere of fear comes Carolus Deene, a wealthy gentleman detective and history teacher at a boys’ public school. Though the police hesitate to accept his involvement, the townspeople gradually come to trust Deene’s keen intellect and sensitivity. He investigates the motives behind the killings, confronting both the possibility of a madman and a deliberate master plan, and works to bring justice to the victims’ families.
First publish date: 1964
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Leo Bruce
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