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The East End Murders: A gripping historical crime novel set in Jack the Ripper's Victorian London
Paperback
Series: Constance Piper Mystery, Book 3
ISBN13: 9781918343823
Publisher: DP Books
Published: May 21 2026
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
As a killer stalks the East End and a deadly plot tightens its grip on London, Constance Piper must uncover the truth before the next strike brings the city to its knees ...
London, July 1889. Eight months after the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly, Whitechapel is beginning to breathe again. Doors are left ajar. Streets fill after dusk. Hope, fragile but real, has returned.
Then Alice Mackenzie is found butchered in the shadows, her throat cut with chilling precision. Panic ignites. The whispers spread like fire: Jack the Ripper has come back.
Flower seller Constance Piper knew both victims - and she refuses to believe the truth is as simple as a killer returned from the past. Determined and sharp-eyed, she joins forces with police detective Thaddeus Hawkins to hunt for answers. What they uncover points far beyond the narrow streets of Whitechapel: a violent network, a noble family marked by bloodshed, and a pattern that suggests something far more calculated than random murder.
As tensions rise and fear grips the city, Constance and Hawkins uncover a conspiracy designed to shake public trust and expose the authorities as powerless. With a devastating attack looming and enemies hidden in plain sight, the race is on to stop a catastrophe that could leave London in ruins.
But the deeper Constance digs, the clearer it becomes: the most dangerous enemy is not the one stalking the alleys... but the one operating from the shadows of power.
This is a revised new edition of the previously published title A Deadly Deception.
This gripping Victorian crime thriller blends real historical terror with a twisting conspiracy, a determined heroine and a richly atmospheric Whitechapel setting - perfect for fans of dark historical mysteries and crime fiction lovers.
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