By Π€ΡΠ΄Π·ΠΈΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈ ΠΠ°Π΄Π·ΡΡ ΠΈΡΠΎ
1837 Π³ΠΎΠ΄. ΠΠΎΠ½Π΄ΠΎΠ½ ΠΎΡ Π²Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π½Π°ΠΏΠ°Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ. ΠΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠΏΠ½ΠΈΠΊ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠ·Π²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΠΠΆΠ΅ΠΊβΠΏΡΡΠ³ΡΠ½, ΠΎΡ ΠΎΡΠΈΡΡΡ Π½Π° ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡ Π΄Π΅Π²ΡΡΠ΅ΠΊ, ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ²Π°Ρ ΠΈΡ , ΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅ΡΠ³Π°Ρ ΠΈΠ·ΠΎ ΡΡΠ° Π³ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠ»Π°ΠΌΡ, Π΄Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΡΡΡΠΈΡΡΡ Π΄Π»ΠΈΠ½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΡΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΡΡΠΆΠΊΠΈ. Π‘Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π³Π»Π°Π·Π° ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π³ΠΎΡΡΡΠΈΠ΅, Π° Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ β ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅. ΠΠ°ΠΆΠ΅ Π²Π΅ΡΡ Π‘ΠΊΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π΄βΠ―ΡΠ΄ ΠΈ Π³Π΅ΡΡΠΎΠ³ ΠΠ΅Π»Π»ΠΈΠ½Π³ΡΠΎΠ½, ΠΏΠΎΠ±Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΠ°ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΎΠ½Π°, Π½Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΉΠΌΠ°ΡΡ Π·Π»ΠΎΠ΄Π΅Ρ. ΠΠ½ΠΈΠ³Π° Π²Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ Π² ΡΠΈΠΊΠ» Β«Π§Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΌΡΠ·Π΅ΠΉΒ», Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π² Π΄ΡΡ Π΅ ΠΠ΄Π³Π°ΡΠ° ΠΠΎ ΠΈ ΠΡΡΡΡΠ° ΠΠΎΠ½Π°Π½ ΠΠΎΠΉΠ»Π°, ΠΈ ΡΠΈΠΊΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΌΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡ, Ρ ΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ΡΡ Π² ΡΠ΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΡΠ·Π΅Π΅ Π‘ΠΊΠΎΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π΄βΠ―ΡΠ΄Π°.
In 1837 London a wave of terrifying attacks shocks the city. A murderer dubbed Jack the Jumper stalks young women, killing them with blue flame spewed from his mouth, long claws and massive leaps. Victims describe his eyes as burning and his movements as superhuman. Even the entire Scotland Yard and the Duke of Wellington, famed for defeating Napoleon, fail to capture him. The novel belongs to the "Black Museum" cycle, echoing the dark, suspenseful style of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, and records the macabre cases kept in the real Scotland Yard museum.