The Night Crawler
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23 years old Ashley Richardson, a young brilliant woman who love to study about forensic suddenly thrown into 19th century London after her friend gone and she encountered dangerous creatures along with a dead body.
Meeting with one notorious Horace Harrington, a London most eligible bachelor and business mogul in 1875 during the time travelling moment, she doesn't have any choice than asking for his help.
Facing the same case like in 21st century Ashley just wanted to know who was behind this crime when people in London started to die, one by one. She manage to help her savior, from investigation until business and at the same time trying to survive in the age when women has less rights than men.
She will do anything at stake so she could back to her home, to where she was came from in 21st century.
A girl from the present
A man from the past
A spitting fire with un-lady like manner girl and a chauvinist man with full of courtesy. They even can't manage to stay together without arguing but who will catch the killer if it wasn't them?
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