Note
A string of brutal killings in London in 1888 are still a subject of unholy fascination to this day. I make no apology for the allusions to said murders within this work of fiction, for indeed it is difficult to write of Victorian London without tripping over a mention or two of the fear that gripped the city in that awful autumn. I do, however, wish to state that there are a number of excellent books and interesting theories about the murders, and that I availed myself of several.
I wish to further state that though I may allude, I deliberately do not address the killer by the name he might have given himself, or the name the nascent “popular media” christened him with and that he is known by today. Instead, I shall list other names:
Emma Elizabeth Smith
Martha Tabram
Mary Ann Nichols
Annie Chapman
Elizabeth Stride
Catherine Eddowes
Mary Jane Kelly
There are a multitude of others who also met untimely ends, by violence or poverty.
If they cannot be avenged, may they all, at least, be at peace.
BOOKS BY LILITH SAINTCROW
The Iron Wyrm Affair
The Red Plague Affar
The Ripper Affair
The Damnation Affair (e-only)
Working for the Devil
Dead Man Rising
Devil’s Right Hand
Saint City Sinners
To Hell and Back
Dante Valentine (omnibus)
Night Shift
Hunter’s Prayer
Redemption Alley
Flesh Circus
Heaven’s Spite
Angel Town
The Hedgewitch Queen
The Bandit King
As Lili St. Crow
Strange Angels
Betrayals
Jealousy
Defiance
Reckoning
meet the author
LILITH SAINTCROW was born in New Mexico, bounced around the world as an Air Force brat, and fell in love with writing when she was ten years old. She currently lives in Vancouver, WA. Find her on the web at: www.lilithsaintcrow.com.