Victorian London. On a foggy night, a series of dismemberment murders shocks the entire city.
I, George Hope, Scotland Yard’s youngest detective, am assigned to investigate.
But I have a secret: I’m the killer.
A bloody murder I committed in Yorkshire two years ago has now been perfectly recreated in London. While everyone thinks this is a devil’s copycat act, I alone know it’s a “tribute” aimed at me.
Worse still, my superior, Inspector Murray, who lost his beloved son, is gradually coming to see me as family. The mysterious consultant Coffey, brought in by the police, keeps those all-seeing eyes fixed on me. And the seasoned Inspector Derek has begun to suspect that I’m a rookie who’s “too good” at his job.
When the grieving inspector’s wife, swayed by heretical teachings, turns her butcher’s knife on me, her “replacement,” I know my chance has come.
I lay my plans carefully and turn her into the police’s prey.
I watch calmly as the pursuit leads to the viper behind the scenes.
I keep up my perfect disguise, continuing to play the righteous hunter in this city of sin.
But on the chessboard, Coffey has made a deadly move. In the shadows, Derek’s gun is slowly rising. And deep in the fog, the real copycat is smiling...
This is a manhunt directed by the killer.
And I am the actor onstage, the director behind the scenes, and the sacrifice who must ultimately be offered up.
When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you.
As I hunt the devil, the devil in the mirror smiles at me.
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