Shades of London · Book 2
The Madness Underneath
- Published
- 26 February 2013
- Pages
- 383
- ISBN-13
- 9780399256615
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Madness Underneath (February 2013) grew to 383 pages as Rory trains further with London's hidden ghost-hunting police squad, with Maureen Johnson pushing the Ripper-copycat plot -- and Rory's own increasingly precarious grip on her ability -- darker than the first book.
Its place in Shades of London
The Madness Underneath is book 2 in the Shades of London series. It follows The Name of the Star. It is followed by The Boy in the Smoke. See the full Shades of London reading order.
American teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London for a boarding-school year just as a killer starts recreating Jack the Ripper's 1888 murders across Whitechapel, down to the exact dates and locations. When Rory becomes the sole witness to one of the attacks, she discovers she can see something no one else can -- because a near-death experience has left her able to perceive ghosts, and the modern Ripper turns out to be one. That gift pulls her into a hidden squad of ghost-hunting police operatives, and the series…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399256615