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The mesmerizing story of a young woman in Victorian London who, haunted by the ghosts of Jack the Ripper's victims, is set on a terrifying path to salvation.

The real monsters are men.

London 1888, and Jack the Ripper is terrorizing the people of the city. Evelyn, a young woman disfigured by her dangerous work in a matchstick factory, with nowhere to go, does not know what to make of her new position as a maid to the Elephant Man in London Hospital. Evelyn wanted to be locked away from the world like he is, shut away from the filth and dangers of the streets. But in Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, she finds a gentle kindred who does not recoil from her and who understands her pain.

When the murders begin, however, Joseph and Evelyn are haunted nightly by the ghosts of the Ripper's dead, setting Evelyn on a path to facing her fears and uncovering humanity's worst nightmares.

A terrifying and haunting tale from the Edgar Award-winning author of Icefall and the Assassin's Creed novels, Matthew J. Kirby.

©2016 Matthew J. Kirby (P)2016 Scholastic Inc. Difficult Situations Disabilities Historical Fiction Horror Literature & Fiction Mysteries & Detectives Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thrillers & Suspense Haunted Scary Fiction Mystery England Ghost Exciting Murder Elephant
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A beautiful story I will definitely listen again. The narrator was excellent and this is definitely a book that you think about long after turning the last page. Just beautiful.

A beautiful story.

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The narration is awful, and the story just drags on and on and on. Nothing of any interest or consequence happens. Gave up after a dozen chapters.

So dreary

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