Imitation In Death'As Lieutenant Eve Dallas stood over what had once been a woman, she wondered when she would see worse than this.' Jack the Ripper, the Boston Strangler, Ted Bundy. The worst murderers in history are a new madman's inspiration. In the lost hours of the night, a man in a top hat and swirling cloak leaves horror in his wake and a note to Eve Dallas, signed simply: Jack. More murders follow, and Eve quickly realises the killer's deadly game of imitation.