When multiple women are found murdered in their London homes during The Blitz,seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill vows to uncover the identity of the Blackout Rippereven if it puts her own life at risk. From the author of The Perfect Place to Die and Don’t Go to Sleep comes another chilling historical mystery. Seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill feels helpless as London is ravaged by air raids and mandatory blackouts. As the youngest daughter of the Prime Ministershe longs to do something importantto help those in less fortunate circumstances. On a night out on the townshe connects with an older woman who is in-between jobs and promises to meet her again the next day. Except she never shows up. Mary has a sense that something is wrongso she decides to go searching–and finds her brutally murdered. HorrifiedMary immediately goes to the police. But there’s a war happeningand they don’t have enough manpower to fully dedicate themselves to the murder case. SoMary takes it upon herself to investigate. The deeper she falls into the casethe more shocking murders she finds. All womenall strangled and mutilated. This is her chance to do something to actually helpto find out who is responsible for the murders and make sure they never have a chance to harm anyone else. Against the backdrop of bombings and darknessMary searches the streets of London for any clues she might ascertain and finds herself in a game of cat-and-mouse with the Blackout Ripper. If only one of them can make it out alivedoes Mary have what it takes to make sure its her?