Patricia Cornwell - Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed
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Patricia Cornwell turns to fact and myth in Jack the Ripper: Case Closed
I had read Patricia Cornwell when her novels first came out, interigued by a new approach in the tried-and-true detective story -- namely the character of Kay Scarpetta. But I had stopped after a while -- not only were the novels becoming a bit rote in nature, but the gruesome quotent was growing... Read full review »
Just The Facts, Ma'am
So, what do you know about Jack the Ripper? You're probably familiar with the basics: deranged serial killer, brutally murdered London prostitutes in the late nineteenth century, outwitted detectives even to the present day. Forensic science, then in its infancy (fingerprinting, for example, was... Read full review »
Case Closed? Sorry, Try Again
Jack the Ripper has become the quintessential boogeyman in the past century. The image of a creepy man stalking the cobblestoned streets of the fog-shrouded London night, killing and mutilating his victims, is an almost perfect horror premise. More important, and paramount to the myth of Jack the... Read full review »
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