Clare Whitfield

London, 1888: Susannah rushes into marriage to a young and wealthy surgeon. After a passionate honeymoon, she returns home with her new husband wrapped around her little finger. But then everything changes. Thomas's behaviour becomes increasingly volatile and violent. He stays out all night, returning home bloodied and full of secrets. The gentle caresses she enjoyed on her wedding night are now just a honeyed memory. When the first woman is murdered in Whitechapel, Susannah's interest is piqued. But as she follows the reports of the ongoing hunt for the killer, her mind takes her down the darkest path imaginable. Every time Thomas stays out late, another victim is found dead. Is it coincidence? Or is her husband the man they call Jack the Ripper?

It's 1920, and 19-year-old Eleanor Mackridge is convinced there's more to life than her parents two-up two-down in Brighton. When she's recruited by the Forty Elephants, a notorious female crime gang led by the enigmatic Alice Diamond, Eleanor feels like she's finally living. Reinvented as 'Nell the Mack', she's soon drawn in by the gang's sisterhood, caught up in the swirl of glamorous parties and daring heists. The good times roll, but the party must end sometime...