Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murderer (Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural) - Softcover

Lynch, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840220775 ISBN 13: 9781840220773

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, 2008

Synopsis

Horrific, horrendous, unspeakable, The Whitechapel Murderer, Jack the Ripper, stalked the streets of East London in 1888, slaughtering prostitutes and bewildering the police who were hunting him. They never succeeded in apprehending him, and to this day the mystery of his identity remains an enigma. But he did leave clues to his identity, and numerous theories have been entertained throughout the one hundred and twenty years since he held London's East End in his grip of terror.

This book looks at the evidence left by the murderer and the reports and investigative papers which recorded the atrocities that the Ripper performed. It takes time to analyse the existing information and evaluate the letters sent to the police. It is the strongest and most powerful book ever written on the murders. It dispels a lot of myths attached to the Ripper, and eliminates a lot of the previously conjectured perpetrators, leaving only those who realistically could have been…Jack the Ripper.

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About the Author

An internationally recognized expert on Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle, David Stuart Davies is the editor of the crime fiction magazine Sherlock and the author of several books on Sherlock Holmes. He also edits the Crime Writers' Association's monthly Red Herrings magazine. Forests of the Night was his first Johnny Hawke novel. He lives in West Yorkshire, England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840220775
• ISBN 13: 9781840220773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384