In September 1934, a beachcomber on the Cleveland shores of Lake Erie discovered the lower half of a female torso, neatly severed at the waist and thighs. The victim, dubbed the Lady of the Lake, was only the first; over the next four years, a dozen other bodies would be scattered across the city. To stop this "Torso Murderer," Cleveland's mayor turned to his director of public safety, Eliot Ness, formerly of Chicago, where he and his "Untouchables" had battled Al Capone. Here the Edgar Award winning author of The Hour of Peril details this remarkable chapter in Ness's storied career.