Roberta Murphy 
Night Players 

In the West End of London in 1913 a multiple murderer prowls the streets. He is nicknamed ‚the Gardener‘ for the ghastly signature of a rose carved into the breast or thigh of his victim.Each night, the Infamous Princess Marie – the stage name of Mari Prince, magician, illusionist and seductive star at the London Palladium – must make her late way home.Hurrying through the city’s gloomy mantle of fog and shadows, Mari knows it is only a matter of time before she must meet the tormentor of her dreams…