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SUMMARY: In this new work of nonfiction, Cornwell turns her trademark skills for meticulous research and scientific expertise on one of the most chilling cases of serial murder in the history of crime--the slayings of Jack the Ripper that terrorized 1880s London. With the masterful intuition into the criminal mind that has informed her novels, Cornwell digs deeper into the case than any detective before her--and reveals the true identity of this elusive madman. Enlisting the help of forensic experts, Cornwell examines all the physical evidence available: thousands of documents and reports, fingerprints, crime-scene photographs, original etchings and paintings, items of clothing, artists' paraphernalia, and traces of DNA. Her unavoidable conclusion: Jack the Ripper was none other than a respected painter of his day, an artist now collected by some of the world's finest museums. It takes the world's premier crime writer to solve the greatest whodunit in history. Now, once and for all, the case of Jack the Ripper is closed.
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Mystery and thriller writer extraordinaire Patricia Cornwell uses her crime-solving know-how to solve one of history's most baffling cases: the infamous crime spree of Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has invested millions in her quest to reveal who the Ripper really was, and the results of her intense inv
**Now updated with new material that brings the killer's picture into clearer focus.** In the fall of 1888, all of London was held in the grip of unspeakable terror. An elusive madman calling himself Jack the Ripper was brutally butchering women in the slums of Londons East End. Police seemed power
In this new work of nonfiction, Cornwell turns her trademark skills for meticulous research and scientific expertise on one of the most chilling cases of serial murder in the history of crime--the slayings of Jack the Ripper that terrorized 1880s London. With the masterful intuition into the crimina
Mystery and thriller writer extraordinaire Patricia Cornwell uses her crime-solving know-how to solve one of history's most baffling cases: the infamous crime spree of Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has invested millions in her quest to reveal who the Ripper really was, and the results of her intense inv
**London. 1894.** *'I am not a detective, chief constable.'* *'No, but you are a poet, a freemason and a man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business in hand.'* So says Police Chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company of Arthur Conan Doy