The book that introduced Joshua Oates as a police captain in 1908 Los Angeles, California. Before he became a private investigator, Joshua Oates commanded a police squad . Read how he helped Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson stop Jack the Ripper and a deadly arms dealer named Karl Von Hatteburg. before the start of World War I.The hunt for the Ripper uncovers a conspiracy that involves an international arms dealer, the Crown Jewels, and President Theodore Roosevelt. Action and intrigue a few short years before World War I takes the reader to the seamier streets of the "City of Angels" and the desert sands of California.
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