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Patricia Cornwell - Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed
 
   

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Examines the century-old series of murders that terrorized London in the 1880s, drawing on research, state-of-the-art forensic science, and insights into the criminal mind to reveal the true identity of the infamous Jack the Ripper.
 
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Patricia Cornwell turns to fact and myth in Jack the Ripper: Case Closed

Date of Review:  Nov 17, 2002
The Bottom Line: This is one of the most surprising and well done true crime books I've read this year. Her theory on the idenity of the Ripper is fascinating and convincing.
Review: 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...
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  5.0

by: telynor
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Excellent, thorough research into one...
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Some of the passages get downright...
 

Just The Facts, Ma'am

Date of Review:  Feb 24, 2003
The Bottom Line: Cornwell sacrifices all credibility through her biased, emotional attacks on Sickert. The evidence isn't conclusive, and Cornwell embarrasses herself trying to make the facts fit.
Review: 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...
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  1.0

by: disinclined
Recommended to buy: No

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I'm thinking, I'm thinking. Uh.....
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Wildly speculative, inconclusive...
 

Case Closed? Sorry, Try Again

Date of Review:  Nov 14, 2004
The Bottom Line: Cornwell makes a couple interesting observations, but does not prove her suspect is the Ripper. The book is very speculative and contains little real evidence. Skip it.
Review: 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...
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  2.0

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Cornwell is a good writer; May connect...
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Authors Patricia Cornwell
Narrator Kate Reading
Fiction Genre History • True Crime
Fiction Subgenre Unknown

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  Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Chivers (June 01, 2002)
ISBN: 9780754019398
 
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