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Anneke is an investigator extraordinaire. Despite the prejudice against women in Victorian era Europe, she's called upon in respected circles for her keen insights and ability to solve the most puzzling crimes. But she lives under the shadow of her late father's reputation. The world-famous Abraham Van Helsing was once a great scientist who went into a downward spiral of unhinged ramblings about monsters and vampires, ending in his mysterious death. When a case she is working on strikes an odd resemblance to her father's murder, Anneke makes the breakthrough she had lost all hope of. She is suddenly hot on the trail of the woman she saw standing over her father's body all those years ago. A desperate cat-and-mouse chase across Europe unfolds into a case more unusual and horrifying than she could have imagined. Perhaps her father wasn't mad after all, and perhaps she is not the predator on the hunt for a killer. Maybe she is the prey being toyed with by something she doesn't understand. This book features a quaint historic setting paired with a unique mystery storyline that slowly adds paranormal elements, building towards a thrilling conclusion packed with twists and turns. White's novel features an interesting cast of characters whose emotional journeys make this a very well-rounded story.