A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller.From New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell comes Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert, a comprehensive and intriguing exposé of one of the world’s most chilling cases of serial murder—and the police force that failed to solve it.Vain and charismatic Walter Sickert made a name for himself as a painter in Victorian London. But the ghoulish … painter in Victorian London. But the ghoulish nature of his art—as well as extensive evidence—points to another name, one that’s left its bloody mark on the pages of history: Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has collected never-before-seen archival material—including a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence and a will with a mysterious autopsy clause—and applied cutting-edge forensic science to open an old crime to new scrutiny.
Incorporating material from Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed, this new edition has been revised and expanded to include eight new chapters, detailed maps and hundreds of images that bring the sinister case to life.
Note: This book contains images that some readers may find disturbing.
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Too much unimportant detail. Goes on and on. A big attempt to prove Sickert was the Ripper. Good try.
I’m a fan of Patricia Cornwell but I must say this one is a bit waffly.
Very informative but a little too much so… I had to stop reading when I got to Mary Kelly, the pictures were so intensely gross.
Odd Thomas was so much fun to read. His books are always the best all time writer of thrilling, fictional suspense.He is easier to read than some authors.Very good read!
Patricia Cornwell brings her professional skills as a newspaper journalist, to this story. It is both compelling, and gripping.
Just awful. The worst drivel written on the subject. The author has a lame hypothesis and procedes to ‘prove’ it by “what ifs’ and ‘could be’s”. An embarrassingly bad book.
Not what I expected from Patricia Cornwall – gave up reading it – never done that to one of her books before.
I’ve been fascinated with Jack the Ripper and his true identity for well over a decade. The amount of research that Ms. Cornwell has put into this book, building a solid case that well known artist Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper is strong enough to stand up to just about any standards and in any court. While I’m not usually much for reading non-fiction this books is packed with so many details and information and presented in a very easy to read and follow manner that it’s a MUST for anyone interested in the Ripper.