Plymouth 1967: Schoolgirl Nell Adams, all the newspapers reported, finds murder victim on train. And her photo covers the front pages. So he knew her name and her face. His Face, or lack of it, filled her nightmares until she woke screaming London 1971: Nell is a university student in London, trying to put her past behind her. But as a series of murders reveals a killer obsessed with Jack the Ripper, she realises her nightmares might be coming true.Detective Briony Williams, also just starting out on her life in London, is part of the team tracking The Walker. The killer is a practised anatomist with a theatrical streak, arranging his victims bodies in twisted parodies of Hogarth s engravings. He sends a perfectly extracted eye to the police in a Tupperware container, with a defiant message. He s planning a reunion with the schoolgirl who found his first victim.
- ISBN10 0733618979
- ISBN13 9780733618970
- Publish Date 18 December 2008 (first published 1 November 2006)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Hachette Australia
- Imprint Hodder Headline Australia
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 496
- Language English