A decade has passed since the then Detective Constable Julie Rutter faced a modern-day Jack The Ripper as he attacked Marie Kelly, in 'Chained in Time'. Now she returns to Bow Road Police Station, as Chief Inspector Rutter, to find herself investigating three murders, all committed with the same weapon, but not by the same killer. Little is as it seems. Even her reasoning is in doubt, as a deeper and yet more sinister motive emerges. As the body count rises, Rutter becomes increasingly aware that her closest friend is involved somehow.