During the Great Depression, the city of Cleveland was terrorized by more than the economic collapse. A madman murdered and dismembered at least twelve people, probably twice that. He was America's version of Jack the Ripper. He was prolific. He was bloody. He was never caught.

These are facts.

Trail of Blood begins where history leaves off, and when the series of murders begin over again, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean must use her knowledge of Cleveland’s past and forensic science to discover the secret behind these frenzied crimes and keep history from repeating itself.

It would be impossible for the maniac to still be at large—and active—today . . .

A decapitated body has been found in a sealed room in an abandoned building—and forensic scientist Theresa MacLean believes the decades-old corpse is a previously unaccounted-for victim of the legendary psychopath. But the discovery of a second body—newly slain and bearing the unmistakable signature of the Torso Killer—suggests the unthinkable: that a copycat serial killer is following in a madman’s bloody footprints.

A long-dormant nightmare has been reawakened as a dark history repeats itself. Theresa MacLean’s forensic investigation has opened a door into a terrifying past—a door someone desperately wants to keep closed . . . and will keep killing to make it so.