Stitch-face is a serial killer, so named because he wears a mask of sackcloth, stitched together, with holes for his eyes and mouth. He also wears a lady's wig. He kills his many victims with a knife. He removes each victim's eyes, heart and tongue, then leaves them lying face-down with arms crossed. For fifteen years he has killed women near the northern banks of the Thames. Stitch-face vows revenge against Dr. Pyke, who has orchestrated copycat murders in the style of Stitch-face.
