Life seems pretty good at Wexford but soon all of London including Wexford, is caught up in "Rippermania". She finds herself coerced into joining the field hockey team by the "Call me Claudia" whom Rory is convinced spends her time "wrestling large woodland animals".
Despite all the hype about the murder and its similarity to the first Ripper murder, Rory commences to settle in at Wexford, meeting her roommate Julianne Benton (Jazza) and a cute guy named Jerome. She learns that someone has been imitating the infamous Ripper by murdering a young woman on the anniversary of the first Ripper murder and in the same location.
Upon her arrival in London, Rory finds the city abuzz with rumours of a Jack the Ripper copycat. While her parents do a year's sabbatical teaching American law at the University of Bristol, Rory is attending Wexford, a sixth form college, in the East End of London. I don't generally read paranormal, vampire or werewolf fiction but this simply looked too interesting to pass up.Īurora (Rory) Deveaux, from Benouville, Louisiana, is a senior who has accompanied her parents to England. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, there was an uncountable about of plot twists and turns and the cliff-hanger ending left you thirsty for more.The Name of the Star is a fantastic novel that combines a ghost story with history, mystery and suspense. But how can she come forward when anyone who snuck out faces expulsion? How come Jazza claims not have seen anything when they were sneaking out together? Rory is faced with one of the biggest decisions of her life: how come she can see what nobody else can? Is she really going crazy? The police are stuck with no witnesses and all the CCTV footage has failed, the only person who has seen the suspect is Rory herself. The next day, Rory is faced with some shocking news another murder has taken place but this time in her very on school.
This is a night that Rory will never forget, for more than one reason. Desperate to immerse them in the action, Rory and Jazza sneak up onto the roof top to meet Jerome, and together they experience the air charged with electricity, and the bright lights and flashes of the London skyline. The whole of London is buzzing to catch the killer, including Rory and her best friends Jazza and Jerome.Īs the impending date of the next murder draws nearer, the whole school is placed on lock down and the pupils are made to stay in their single sex dorms. A Jack the Ripper impersonator has begun a murdering spree to coincide with the exact dates and locations of the real Jack the Ripper crimes which took place hundreds of years ago. However if that wasn't enough, a media frenzy of 'Rippermania' has taken hold of London.
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