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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Miss Sarah Bain, a photographer in Whitechapel, is an independent woman with dark secrets. In the privacy of her studio, she supplements her meager income by taking illicit of the town's local ladies of the night. But when two of her models are found gruesomely murdered within weeks of one another, Sarah begins to suspect it's more than mere coincidence. Teamed with a motley crew of friends--including a street urchin, a gay aristocrat, a Jewish butcher...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and of the Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography
The award-winning, best-selling book that changes the narrative of the "Ripper" murders forever
Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from some of London's wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods, from the factory towns of middle England,...
The award-winning, best-selling book that changes the narrative of the "Ripper" murders forever
Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Catherine, and Mary Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from some of London's wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods, from the factory towns of middle England,...
Publisher
American Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Probablemente es uno de los asesinos en serie más famosos de la historia. Cometió varios crímenes en 1888, principalmente en el distrito de Whitechapel, en Londres. No se le ha podido identificar, aunque las investigaciones han llegado a incriminar a personas de la alta sociedad de aquella época: el duque de Clarence, el escritor Lewis Carroll, el pintor Walter Sickert, entre otros. Se le adjudican cinco homicidios y a esas víctimas se las conoce...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The foggy streets of London's Whitechapel district have become a nocturnal hunting ground for Jack the Ripper, and no woman is safe. Flower girl Constance Piper is not immune to dread, but she is more preoccupied with her own strange experiences of late. Clairvoyants seem to be everywhere these days. Constance's mother has found comfort in contacting her late father in a séance. But are such powers real? And could Constance really be possessed of...
6) The lodger
Author
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A first-class, highly acclaimed thriller that was first published in 1914. It is based on the grisly Jack the Ripper murders that occurred in Whitechapel, London twenty years before.
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"London, July 1889. Eight months have passed since the horrific murder of Mary Jane Kelly. The residents of Whitechapel have begun breathing easy again - daring to leave windows open and walk about at twilight. But when old Alice Mackenzie is found dead, throat slashed almost from ear to ear, the whispers begin once more: Jack the Ripper is back. Constance Piper, a flower seller with a psychic gift, was a friend to both women. With the supernatural...
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine y Mary Jane son famosas por lo mismo, aunque nunca se conocieron entre ellas. Eran de Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Suecia y Gales. Compusieron baladas, regentaron cafeterías, vivieron en fincas, respiraron el polvo de la tinta de las imprentas y escaparon de traficantes de seres humanos. Lo que sí tuvieron en común fue el año 1888. El año de sus asesinatos. Su asesino jamás fue identificado,...
Author
Publisher
Infinitum Nihil, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A reinterpretation of the case of Jack the Ripper focuses on the "why" instead of the "who," theorizing that the residents of London society's finest homes created him as an outlet for their own hidden violent and taboo proclivities.
Series
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A new anthology from Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler, centered around the historical enigma whose name has become synonymous with fear: Jack the Ripper. A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL. Of all the real-life serial killers whose gruesome deeds have splashed across headlines throughout human history, few have reached the near-mythical status of Jack the Ripper. Terrorizing the world with a rash of violent murders in London's East End...
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