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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399149325
ISBN-139780399149320
eBay Product ID (ePID)2227003
Product Key Features
Book TitlePortrait of a Killer : Jack the Ripper-Case Closed
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMurder / Serial Killers, General, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenreTrue Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPatricia Cornwell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight28.5 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-031802
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal364.15/23/092
SynopsisThe number-one New York Times -bestselling novelist Patricia Cornwell is known the world over for her brilliant storytelling, the courage of her characters, and the state-of-the-art forensic methods they employ. In this headline-making new work of nonfiction, Cornwell turns her trademark skills for meticulous research and scientific expertise on one of the most chilling cases of serial murder in the history of crime-the slayings of Jack the Ripper that terrorized 1880s London. With the masterful intuition into the criminal mind that has informed her novels, Cornwell digs deeper into the case than any detective before her-and reveals the true identity of this elusive madman. Enlisting the help of forensic experts, Cornwell examines all the physical evidence available: thousands of documents and reports, fingerprints, crime-scene photographs, original etchings and paintings, items of clothing, artists' paraphernalia, and traces of DNA. Her unavoidable conclusion: Jack the Ripper was none other than a respected painter of his day, an artist now collected by some of the world's finest museums.