London, 18— A bizarre and vicious rash of murders has wrapped the city in the cold grip of fear and a curfew is in place to protect young women from the clutches of an unknown madman. Chastity MacLeod, a young investigator for the secretive Order of St. Raphael, is assigned the case. With only a woman’s severed head and a handful of macabre clues, Chastity must use all of her experience and training to find a killer that leaves no trace, no weapon and no blood. Beneath gathering stormclouds, rumbling thunder and vicious lightning, Chastity and her new companion, Inspector Price, must confront an evil thought long dead, or lose their souls trying. Requiem Pray for the dead. Book one of the Penny Dreadfuls