# The Ripper’s Apprentice

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- Authors: [Donald Thomas](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-thomas)
- Publisher: the_murder_room
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7190-433-2
- Published: 2013-07-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In the slum alleys of Lambeth in 1891 a sinister silk-hatted figure lurks in the shadows - but trade is there for the taking and a girl must make a living. Now, one after another, the girls who work the Waterloo Road wake in the morning to feel the slow agony of the most vicious of poisons . . . victims of the man called Fred. The police have only a string of 'catch me if you can' letters to taunt them, whilea whole mailing list of Victorian worthies find demands for money with menaces in their mail. Inspector Swain investigates . . . 'Original story told in a highly individual manner' Times Literary Supplement