Thriller, Horror, Graphic Novel

Terror in the ghetto. Copenhagen, Denmark, 1905. Following a series of murders of prostitutes in the ghetto, a young typist of Jewish origin is recruited by the police to help them in their investigation. Her research leads her on the trail of a bloodthirsty murderer whose actions are rooted in old superstitions and who marks his victims with cabalistic symbols. Her hunt gradually turns into a personal quest, where she will have to face her own roots and her deepest fears. The hunter then becomes prey. The monster must strike again... In the tradition of Jack the Ripper or The Alienist, this gripping Scandinavian thriller plunges us into the heart of a ghetto where misery rubs shoulders with crime to better cover the tracks of a predator whose nightmare visions are a harbinger of the terrible events to come.

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