Louisville, Kentucky 1898 Ten years earlier, Jack the Ripper terrorized London’s Whitechapel district. Assigned to the case, Detective Inspector Nathan James discovered the Ripper’s true nature, and made a decision that changed his life. But the murders stopped and the Ripper disappeared. Now living in Louisville, Kentucky, Nathan runs a saloon, while trying to keep his relationship with his manservant, Stephen, secret. He’s never forgotten his failure to stop the Ripper, and when murdered prostitutes start showing up, suspects the elusive killer stalks the city’s streets. But is the Ripper responsible for these deaths, and will he reveal Nathan and Stephen’s darkest secret?