num_pages: 368
description: England 1942. The Nazis relentless Blitz may have paused but London s nightly blackouts continue. Now under the cover of darkness a madman is brutally killing and mutilating young women in eerie and exact re-creations of Jack the Ripper s crimes. What s more he s targeting women who are reporting for duty to be Winston Churchill s spies and saboteurs abroad. The officers at MI-5 quickly realize they need the help of special agent Maggie Hope to find the killer dubbed the Blackout Beast. A trap is set. But once the murderer has his sights on Maggie not even Buckingham Palace can protect the resourceful spy from her fate.
language: English
title: The Queen's Accomplice
publisher: Bantam