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Jack the Ripper's Many Faces is a set of four short stories that all link together and takes the reader on a quest through out the centuries, starting in the smog filled streets of Whitechapel in 1888 to the modern day busy streets on London today to finally find out, who wore Jack the Ripper's Face? The reader will have help from some fictional versions of famous people such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Inspector Walter Dew and maybe even Dr Crippen! About the author: Amanda Harvey Purse is an Ripperologist and Sherlock Holmes fan, she has worked for City of London Police Museum, where she gives tours on the history of policing and crimes. She has given talks on Jack the Ripper to schools, businesses and the public. She has written many articles for The Whitechapel Society Journal, e-book factual series called Victorian Lives behind Victorian Crimes and e-book children's series called Binky the Tabby Cat Tails. She is also the author of two other fictional but factual Jack the Ripper books, Dead Bodies Do Tell Tales, a gothic haunting tale involving Victorian beliefs and The Strange Case of Caroline Maxwell, a detective Victorian novel involving Sherlock Holmes and the first time the reader meets the female journalist and detective Amelia Christie. The Strange Case of Caroline Maxwell has got the all important acceptance seal from The Conan Doyle Estate Ltd.
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Jack the Ripper's Many Faces is a set of four short stories that all link together and takes the reader on a quest to finally find out, who wore Jack the Ripper's Face? The first story, Confession of a Killer takes the reader hand in hand with the famous murderer through the smog filled streets of Whitechapel, London in 1888. The second, The Lady Vanishes jumps forward a few years for the reader to be a part of the Dr Crippen Case through the eyes of the one policeman that was involved in both the ripper and Crippen cases, Walter Dew. The third, The Artist Paints Murder pushes the reader back to before the Ripper Murders began with a young artist and his lover (who later becomes Dr Crippen's wife) to understand why the murders happened. The fourth, The True Face of the Murderer is set in modern day and with the help of a Sherlock Holmes fan, who finds a letter to Sir Conan Doyle, the reader finally understands the meaning behind all the other stories plus who was Jack the Ripper.
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JACK THE RIPPER'S MANY FACES
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FeedARead.com Publishing, 2012
ISBN 10: 1781768498
ISBN 13: 9781781768495
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Softcover / Paperback
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. Featuring a set of 4 short stories that all link together. The Confession of a Killer - takes the reader back to the year 1888 and how the famous murderer was feeling at the time. The Lady Vanishes - is the case of Dr Crippen and how Inspector Walter Dew caught him, but he realises that he might have also caught Jack the Ripper as well. The Artist Paints Murder - takes the reader back to before the 1888 murders began, and follows the famous artist Walter Sickert and his lover, who later becomes Dr Crippen's wife. The True Face of the Murderer - starts in modern day, where a Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper enthusiast finds a letter from Ms Irene Adler to Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories. This leads her on a Jack the Ripper quest to find out who the famous killer really was. Does this collection of short stories hold the answer to who wore Jack the Ripper's Face? 192pp. p/back. With tipped-in label SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. F. with no creasing to covers. signed by author. Seller Inventory # 18401