Prologue

London. 1888. Whitechapel district. The women of East London live in terror every day of their lives; the identity of Jack the Ripper is unknown at the time and never will be known. That is, unless someone speaks up. There is one woman keeping the secret of a lifetime. One woman who could save the lives of so many others, if she just had the courage to turn him in. One woman who is as torn emotionally as the murder victims are physically. Will she accept the reason of her conscience, or protect the man she's always loved? She is, after all, his dearest Josephine.