The Shades of London Series

The thrilling third installment to the Edgar-nominated, bestselling series
 
Rory and her friends are reeling from a series of sudden and tragic events. While racked with grief, Rory tries to determine if she acted in time to save a member of the squad. If she did, how do you find a ghost? Also, Rory’s classmate Charlotte has been kidnapped by Jane and her nefarious organization. Evidence is uncovered of a forty-year-old cult, ten missing teenagers, and a likely mass murder. Everything indicates that Charlotte’s in danger, and it seems that something much bigger and much more terrible is coming.

Time is running out as Rory fights to find her friends and the ghost squad struggles to stop Jane from unleashing her spectral nightmare on the entire city. In the process, they’ll discover the existence of an organization that underpins London itself—and Rory will learn that someone she trusts has been keeping a tremendous secret.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The second installment in The Shades of London series, a must-read for fans of gripping mysteries and supernatural tales where the paranormal intertwines with the ordinary.

“A gorgeously written, chilling, atmospheric thriller.”—Cassandra Claire, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Creepy, clever and ambiguous second volume in the Shades of London series.”—Kirkus Reviews

A new threat haunts the streets of London . . .

Rory Deveaux has changed in ways she never could have imagined since moving to London and beginning a new life at boarding school. As if her newfound ability to see ghosts hadn’t complicated her life enough, Rory’s recent brush with the Jack the Ripper copycat has left her with an even more unusual and intense power. Now, a new string of inexplicable deaths is threatening London, and Rory has evidence that they are no coincidence. Something sinister is going on, and it is up to her to convince the city’s secret ghost-policing squad to listen before it’s too late.

In this thrilling reimagining of Jack the Ripper, a young girl discovers her own shocking abilities amidst a series of brutal murders in modern-day London.

“A gorgeously written, chilling, atmospheric thriller. The streets of London have never been so sinister or so romantic.”—Cassandra Clare, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments series

“This book made me want to give up everything, move to London, and fight ghosts.”—Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince

The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it’s the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city—gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific work of Jack the Ripper in the autumn of 1888.

Soon “Rippermania” takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect. But she is the only one who saw him. Even her roommate, who was with her at the time, didn’t notice the mysterious man. So why can only Rory see him? And more urgently, what is he planning to do about her?