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Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world.

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are en route to New York to help solve another blood-soaked mystery. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, they're delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. But then, privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship.

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend.

Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. Audrey's work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags her into the investigation of a serial murderer.

In the shocking finale to the best-selling series that began with Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the White City Devil. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant serial killer - or see their fateful romance cut short by unspeakable tragedy. 

Booktrack Edition: Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine...and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend.  

Audrey Rose Wadsworth e Thomas Cresswell sono giunti in America, una terra audace, sfrontata, brulicante di vita. Ma, proprio come la loro Londra adorata, anche la città di Chicago nasconde oscuri segreti. Quando i due si recano alla spettacolare Esposizione internazionale, scoprono una verità sconcertante: l'evento epocale è minacciato da denunce di persone scomparse e omicidi irrisolti. Audrey Rose e Thomas iniziano a indagare, per trovarsi faccia a faccia con un assassino come non ne hanno mai incontrati prima. 

Audrey Rose Wadsworth e il suo assillante compagno, Thomas Cresswell, si imbarcano sulla lussuosa RMS Etruria, diretti alla loro prossima meta, l'America. La settimana di spettacoli circensi che allieterà la traversata - compresa l'esibizione di un giovane e promettente artista della fuga - sembra la distrazione ideale prima del tetro incarico che li attende oltreoceano. Ma presto il viaggio si trasforma in un festival degli orrori quando, una dopo l'altra, giovani donne vengono trovate morte. 

Dopo aver scoperto con orrore la vera identità di Jack lo Squartatore, Audrey Rose Wadsworth lascia la sua casa nella Londra vittoriana per iscriversi - unica donna - alla più prestigiosa accademia di Medicina legale d'Europa. Ma è davvero impossibile trovare pace nell'oscuro, inquietante castello rumeno che ospita la scuola, un tempo dimora del malvagio Vlad l'Impalatore, altrimenti noto come Principe Dracula.

È stata cresciuta per essere la perfetta dama dell'alta società vittoriana, ma Audrey Rose Wadsworth vede il proprio futuro in modo molto diverso. Dopo aver perso l'amatissima madre, è decisa a comprendere la natura della morte e i suoi meccanismi. Così abbandona l'ago da ricamo per impugnare un bisturi da autopsia, e in segreto inizia a studiare Medicina legale.