Long before Jessica Daniel became a police officer, Manchester was a ghost city after dark. Fear ruled as people were afraid to be out by themselves, the notorious Stretford Slasher terrorising its inhabitants. Twenty-five years on, the media are feeling nostalgic.

But Jessica has a new case to be worried about. Apparent strangers are being targeted in broad daylight, the attacker unworried about being caught. If only she and her team could track him down…