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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; bodies discovered in squalid settings; depictions of London's Victorian underworld
Language
Barely any
Mild language appropriate to the Victorian setting
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief references to prostitution in narrative context; no explicit sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use; Victorian drinking referenced
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong psychological weight; haunting possibility of a wrongful execution; moral reckoning with justice
What this book is about
Two years after the Jack the Ripper murders, Superintendent Thomas Pitt sent a man to the gallows for the killing of a Whitechapel prostitute. Now an almost identical murder has occurred, raising a terrible possibility: the wrong man was executed — or the Ripper has returned. Pitt's pursuit of the truth draws him into the dangerous world of aristocratic secrets that certain powerful men will kill to protect. A gripping entry in Perry's long-running Victorian mystery series.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Wrongful execution theme
Reference to Jack the Ripper
Victorian prostitution context
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