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After a near‑fatal encounter with a Jack the Ripper copycat, Rory Deveaux is forced to leave home and later is summoned back to London by the city’s secret ghost‑fighting police, the Shades. Possessing a rare power to eliminate ghosts upon contact, Rory becomes a target as a series of unexplained deaths begin to plague London. The Shades suspect her involvement, and she must prove their suspicions wrong before a more sinister force takes hold.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Maureen Johnson
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