Three debts paid is the fifth gripping legal thriller from the pen of highly acclaimed crime writer and new york times bestselling author anne perry. daniel pitt is defending an old college professor from cambridge, who has been accused of plagiarism, when a series of brutal murders occurs on the streets of london. the rainy-day slasher, as the crazed killer becomes known, violently attacks his victims in the pouring rain and then removes one of their fingers before leaving the bodies. daniel''s dear friend miriam fford croft, newly qualified as a pathologist, is tasked with examining the bodies for clues and when special branch warn the police to stop investigating one of the victims, daniel finds himself reluctantly drawn into this haunting mystery...