The Eight Strokes of the Clock

"The Eight Strokes of the Clock" by Maurice Leblanc is a thrilling mystery that takes readers back to Paris near the turn of the century. In Paris, six women have gone missing, only to turn up again a few days later starving, disfigured, and murdered. Through cunning police work, detectives uncover that the culprit must be a woman, and that she has no intention of stopping. However, they must figure out her identity to stop her.