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Ripper : the secret life of Walter Sickert / Patricia Cornwell.

by Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.

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Thomas & Mercer, [2017]

Jack, the Ripper.

Sickert, Walter, 1860-1942.

Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.

Serial murderers -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.

Serial murder investigation -- England -- London -- History.

Whitechapel (London, England) -- History.

9781503936874 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Secret life of Walter Sickert

553 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

"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."--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-528) and index.

Mr. Nobody -- The unfortunates -- By some person unknown -- A glorious boy -- Thorns and sharp stones -- Walter and the boys -- The daughters of Cobden -- The gentleman slummer -- A bit of broken looking glass -- The dark lantern -- The royal conspiracy -- Dreadful bleeding corpses -- Instant death -- Wide staring eyes -- Red fingerprints -- Hue and cry -- Crochet work and flowers -- A cautious indicator -- A painted letter -- A man in ordinary life -- Stygian blackness -- The streets until dawn -- A shiny black bag -- These characters about -- Night horrors -- A great joke -- A social disease -- A lovely sea side business -- A very bad man -- In a horse bin -- Three keys -- The darkest day of the darkest night -- Sweet violets -- Shapes on the wall -- Further from the grave -- My coda to Jack the Ripper -- How it all began and never ended.

"From bestselling author Patricia Cornwell, an update to her 2002 book Portrait of a Killer : Jack the Ripper case closed. 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 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, 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. Patricia Cornwell sold her first forensic thriller, Postmortem, while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. Since then, she's authored twenty-nine bestsellers."--Provided by publisher.

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