New York Times and worldwide bestselling author Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil.

RIPPER by New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende is an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco.

An orphan of unknown heritage, Eliza is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile. Eliza's feelings for Joaquín, a young, penniless revolutionary, are all-consuming.  When Joaquín leaves Eliza in hopes of striking it rich in California, she is determined to follow him there, risking every comfort and certainty she has ever known.