Say Anything But Your Prayers A Novel of Elizabeth Stride, the Third Victim of Jack the Ripper

Poverty and disease had stalked Elizabeth all her life, waiting to take her down. To survive, she listened to the two extremes within herself-the innocent child of hope, and the cynical, hardbitten opportunist. While one paints rosy pictures of what lies ahead, the other warns of pitfalls everywhere. Meanwhile, danger circles ever closer.