"What one man can invent, another can discover"

It has been more than 120 years since the infamous murders of Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel, East London. Two young people are thrown together by the discovery of a seemingly unremarkable document written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

From the beauty and peace of the New Forest in Hampshire to the grim streets of Victorian Whitechapel, from bustling modern Southampton to the ruins of Conan Doyle's Surrey home, the story unfolds. Sam Taylor is an acknowledged expert on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Anna Moretti is a passionate and fearless Jack the Ripper investigator. Rising above their uneasy and turbulent alliance, and pursued by an under - cover Police Unit they follow the trail to its dramatic end.