The Ward

<p><span style=color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>In the mid-summer of the first year of the 20th century a killer heatwave grips the city of Toronto. And it's not the only killer out there.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>A very public suicide and a gruesome murder trigger fear and panic that after an 11-year hiatus England's notorious 'Jack the Ripper' has not only resurfaced but is now stalking Toronto's melting-pot slum St. John's Ward simply known as 'The Ward'.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>As the events combine to stretch the resources and capacity of the Metropolitan Toronto police they reluctantly enlist the fading skills of inspector Ifan Davies a one-time gang member petty thief and whore-house muscle from the very streets he now returns.Now middle-aged he brings plenty of baggage damaged by alcohol drugs and crippling memories of a tragic love.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 36 36 1)>Through his connections to the underworld we follow Davies and a cast of colourful characters through the belly of this urban squalour. Here he fights not only his addiction but also the privileged powers who run the city its police - and very possibly the country- to uncover the truth behind the Ripper's trans-Atlantic return.</span></p>