Shades of London · Book 1
The Name of the Star
- Published
- 29 September 2011
- Pages
- 372
- ISBN-13
- 9780007398638
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Name of the Star, published September 29, 2011, opens the trilogy as American teenager Rory Deveaux witnesses a modern killer recreating Jack the Ripper's 1888 murders and discovers she alone can see him -- because he's a ghost.
Its place in Shades of London
The Name of the Star is book 1 in the Shades of London series. It is followed by The Madness Underneath. 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 9780007398638