In a London devastated by the Blitz, Amelia Pritlowe, a nurse, finds out she is the daughter of Mary Jane Kelly, Jack the Ripper's last victim.
Burned by such a background, she decides to investigate the cold case.
- This novel is based on the author's own quest. During 3 years, Michel Moatti dissected the records (press reviews, forensic reports, investigation documents from Scotland Yard, testimonies etc...) and thus gives a more than plausible face to the famous Victorian serial-killer.
- The narrator is the only character who did not exist.
- As a sociologist, Michel Moatti brilliantly describes life at the time of Jack the Ripper in some London underprivileged quarters.
Michel Moatti is an academic and a journalist. His first two books, historical novels, were well received by the critics.