Foregår i Londons Eastend i 1840erne og handler om jagten på en seriemorder. Hovedpersonen er en ensom ung kvinde, hvis eneste tidsfordriv er hendes egen fantasi. Hun bliver dybt fascineret af mordene på en række kvinder, men forstår efterhånden, at hun selv er fanget i en verden, hvor sexforbrydelser, mord og korruption hersker

Catherine lives with her uncle in a rambling house inLondons east end with little to occupy her days beyond her owncolourful imagination. Then news reaches her of a disturbingmurderer known as the man of crowes. As Catherine hungrilydevours the news, she finds she can channel the voices of thedead... and comes to believe she will eventually channel theman of crowes himself