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The Atlantic Ocean churned beneath the SS Montrose as it made its way to Canada. Captain Kendall was, so far, pleased with progress, though there was something that was unsettling him.

On board, there was a father and son that had caught his eye, And although Kendall couldn't quite put his finger on it,

there was something strange about them,

about the way the boy's ill-fitting clothes hung to his body,

about the affection between the pair.

In fact, they were not father and son at all, but man and woman fleeing from

Britain. Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippin had shaved off his distinctive moustache, while his partner,

Ethel and Eve, had set aside her usual skirts and ornaments in favour of a boy's garb. Why the disguise,

the pair were heading for what they thought was a new life. Their gruesome misdeeds

left behind in London. The authorities outwitted. As the nautical miles sped by,

Crippin and Leneve began to relax. They'd gotten away

with murder, the killing of Belle Elmore, to be precise. But, little did they know, and despite

the waves that separated them, the police were already in hot pursuit. As the Canadian coastline lunged into view on the horizon, it promised a freedom close enough to touch.

Captain Kendall, though, had other plans.

Emerging now through the ocean fog was a faster vessel, the SS Laurentic.

On board was Chief Inspector Walter Dew who'd been tipped off by

Kendall, something only made possible through a new technology, the telegraph. Chief Inspector

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