The debut novel of both Lieutenant Dominica Vasquez, of DCPJ, and Rayna Salinger, a brilliant computer hacker with no memory of her past. A famous 16th century murder sparks an ingenious race to stop a madman before he kills again.PARIS -- An obscure message written in blood adorns the body of Jack's Eighth -- a prostitute found floating in the Seine.Europol's top expert is adamant: This isn't going to stop. Jack wants to play a little game with Vasquez. An outcast within DCPJ, she decides to enlist the help of C?sar Prada -- a small-time criminal informant -- whose unlikely expertise on the works of William Shakespeare guides them through a labyrinthine maze of snitches, drug dealers, and prostitutes... International espionage, and, above all, Human Trafficking -- on a collision course with a mysterious organization known only as...THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT.There are figures haunting Salinger's dreams, mysterious assassins who reside within the doorways of her mind. Growing is the .