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It´s Halloween 1793 and a teenage prostitute is found murdered, her body horribly mutilated. A new type of killer is stalking the muddy streets of Leeds and the authorities are perplexed. Worried about the loss of trade, the town corporation hires John Eagle to investigate. But other murders soon follow, each preceded by a cryptic note. The killer is clever and resourceful, challenging John to find him and break the chain of deaths. A battle of wits ensues in which the stakes for the young attorney have never been higher.

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Craven, Miles
Miles Craven is my penname, an amalgam of the name I was born with (Michael Craven) and the name that replaced it (Michael Miles) when my mother remarried. An Yorkshireman living in North Wales, I am the author of five previous novels: An Uncommon Attorney, Dark Satanic Mill, Pride Before a Fall Through Time, A Tale of One Kitty and Gone West.

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