It is 1893 and Anna Zemeckis, a Young New Yorker, Goes Missing in America's Most Dangerous City Chicago. Home to the World's Fair, Chicago is a City of Glitz and Razzmatazz - a City Intoxicated by Its Own Spectacular Wealth - but Beneath the Sophisticated Facade Lies a Sinister Underworld of Pornography, Prostitution and Violence. It's a Lethal Place for the Weak or Vulnerable - and Anna Isn't the First Young Woman to Disappear Without Trace. Emily Strauss, an Inexperienced but Ambitious Reporter From the New York World, is Given a Treacherous Assignment to Find Out What Happened to Anna, and to the Other Missing Women. Against a Punishing Deadline, Alone in a Dangerous and Unfamiliar World, She Faces a Near-Impossible Task. And, She Soon Discovers, a Powerful Enemy...'Gripping and Atmospheric' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'A Rich Historical Thriller...Combines Striking Historical Detail With a Compelling Mystery' - "Observer". 'Short Chapters and Tight Plot Invoke a Cold Dread in the Reade