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The detectives of Scotland Yard, already invested in tracking Jack the Ripper, encounter a new menace dubbed the Torso Killer. His victims are left behind in neatly wrapped parcels, complete with body parts but without heads. The sudden surge of mutilated corpses overwhelms the police surgeon, Dr. Thomas Bond, who struggles to sleep. Though opium offers temporary relief in his darkest hours, Bond fears becoming enslaved to the drug.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Sarah Pinborough
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