When the bodies of two young women are recovered from the murky depths of the Thames River, raising fears that the crimes mark the return of Jack the Ripper, Craston, an inexperienced diplomat at the Foreign Office, is drawn into the case when he is asked to keep an eye on visiting French artist Claude Monet, in an atmospheric mystery set against the backdrop of London in 1900. Reprint.
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While Claude Monet paints the wintry mists over the Thames, the bodies of two young women are dragged from its murky depths, arousing fears of a return of Jack the Ripper. Craston, a green diplomat at the Foreign Office, is unwillingly drawn into the police investigation—and ordered to keep an eye on the visiting French artist. All the while, neither man knows that the source of the horror stalks the floor above M. Monet's suite...
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