When a young prostitute is found brutally slaughtered on the 125th anniversary of Jack the Ripper’s first murder, Commissioner Carrillo notices something disturbing: the woman’s body has been mutilated in the legendary serial killer’s signature style. A few days later, another corpse is discovered, maimed in the same horrific way, and the commissioner must ask seemingly impossible questions: What kind of monster is he dealing with? And where will the murderer strike next?

Clues begin to surface when the first victim is linked to a gang that traffics women, but the gang leader—who might know who is posing as the Ripper reincarnate—avoids capture. Tipsters suggest many possible suspects, but while Carrillo is investigating the leads, the murderer starts sending him cryptic messages and taunts, which he is at a loss to interpret.

Two more murders occur while the investigation makes little progress. But when the killer implies that his fifth murder will be the commissioner’s partner, the critical deadline adds a frightening sense of urgency to the case.

In this fourth novel in Carmelo Anaya’s series highlighting Carrillo’s impressive investigative feats, The Ripper proves to be the commissioner’s most harrowing case yet.

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