Dance of the Assassins

By (author): "Anthea Bell, Hervé Jubert"
Publish Date: January 1st 2002
Dance of the Assassins
ISBN0060777192
ISBN139780060777197
AsinDance of the Assassins
Original titleDance of the Assassins (The Devil's Dances Trilogy)
SeriesL'Opéra du Diable #1
In London, Jack the Ripper has claimed another victim.But this "London" is a crime-free virtual city, a historical theme park for tourists. Qualified witch Roberta Morgenstern and her young police assistant, Clément Martineau, set out to solve the murder.A wild chase through the streets of old London brings them face-to-face with the terrifying new Ripper. But then they realize their true quarry is the man behind the monster: the one bringing history's most notorious villains back to life. The trail of evidence leads them from Louis XIV's Versailles through Renaissance Venice to Montezuma's Mexico, where they have a date with the devil himself.