A royal scandal's connection to a brutal serial killer threatens
London in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from New York Times
bestselling and Edgar(R) Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.
Autumn 1888. Veronica Speedwell and her colleague Stoker are asked by
Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to stop a potential scandal so explosive it
threatens to rock the monarchy. Prince Albert Victor is a regular
visitor to the most exclusive private club in London, and the
proprietress, Madame Aurore, has received an expensive gift that can be
traced back to the prince. Lady Wellie would like Veronica and Stoker to
retrieve it from the club before scandal can break.
Worse yet, London is being terrorized by what would become the most
notorious and elusive serial killer in history, Jack the Ripper--and
Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible.
Veronica and Stoker reluctantly agree to go undercover at Madame
Auroreʼs high-class brothel, where a body soon turns up. Secrets are
swirling around Veronica and the royal family--and it is up to Veronica
and Stoker to find the truth, before it is too late for all of them.