In this the 44th book in the Neptune King series, the detectives are once again tackling a serial killer terrorizing London. A vicious ripper to equal the infamous Jack of 19th century fame. Targeting mostly prostitutes he stalks and slaughters. A dozen ladies of the night pool their resources to engage Neptune and Shark to catch the killer. They fear for their lives and feel the police aren't trying hard enough because of who they are.
Once they take on the case, they get started with a bang, catching the killer of another prostitute who it turns out wasn't one of the Ripper's victims. They meet a germaphobe detective new to Scotland Yard who is keen to solve the case on his own and is less than friendly towards them. Getting no help from him, they bypass him and make use of their contact in Scotland Yard's morgue, their friend Chris Munce.
They float several theories, find potential suspects and to their disappointment, eliminate them. To top it all off, the reporter for the
Herald, Jonas Flynn dares to mock them in print as being clueless. He was the one who linked the prostitute deaths to the killer, and he was the one who broke the story and named the gruesome murderer
The London Ripper. An unlikeable, sensation seeking journalist who would do anything for a story to beat his nemesis, Shark's reporter elder brother Lance. Question is, would he join forces with the Ripper? Or would he kill for it?
