Author : Sam McCarver
Publisher : Signet Book
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,60 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451204585
Scotland Yard pays no attention to reports of a figure haunting the red-light district wearing clothes decades out of style. But when a prostitute is murdered in White Chapel, the killing is similar to the work of Jack the Ripper done 30 years before. Professor John Darnell is sure it's a flesh-and-blood murderer. With the aid of eccentric playwright George Bernard Shaw, Darnell sets out to trap the copycat killer.
Author : Rebecca Frost
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,61 MB
Release : 2024-04-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1476692726
The story of Jack the Ripper has had continual interest since he stalked the streets of Whitechapel during the Autumn of Terror in 1888. During this time, the murders of the Canonical Five made headlines all over the world while in the modern day, the Ripper story continues to permeate all forms of media on the page, screen, in podcasts, and in fiction. We continue to search for something we will likely never, and perhaps do not even wish to discover: Jack's true name. This book looks at the lasting intrigue of Jack the Ripper and how his story, and the stories of the Canonical Five victims, are brought back to life through modern lenses. As psychological approaches and scientific techniques advance, the Ripper's narrative evolves, opening a more diverse means of storytelling and storytellers. How these storytellers attempt to construct a full tale around the facts, including the burning questions of motive and identity, says more about us than the Ripper.
Author : Lindsay Steenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 27,85 MB
Release : 2013-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136177361
This book identifies, traces, and interrogates contemporary American culture's fascination with forensic science. It looks to the many different sites, genres, and media where the forensic has become a cultural commonplace. It turns firstly to the most visible spaces where forensic science has captured the collective imagination: crime films and television programs. In contemporary screen culture, crime is increasingly framed as an area of scientific inquiry and, even more frequently, as an area of concern for female experts. One of the central concerns of this book is the gendered nature of expert scientific knowledge, as embodied by the ubiquitous character of the female investigator. Steenberg argues that our fascination with the forensic depends on our equal fascination with (and suspicion of) women's bodies—with the bodies of the women investigating and with the bodies of the mostly female victims under investigation.
Author : Rebecca Frost
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 31,3 MB
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1476631433
Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history. Hundreds of books on the Ripper murders describe their deaths in detail. Yet they themselves remain as mysterious as their murderer. This first ever study of the victims surveys the Ripper literature to reveal what is known about their lives, how society viewed them at the time of their deaths, and how attitudes and perceptions of them have (or have not) changed since the Victorian era.
Author : Hallie Rubenhold
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1328663817
Miscast in the media for nearly 130 years, the victims of Jack the Ripper finally get their full stories told in this eye-opening and chilling reminder that life for middle-class women in Victorian London could be full of social pitfalls and peril.
Author : Ivor Edwards
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 35,3 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1782192689
For more than a century, the horrific, fascinating mystery of Jack the Ripper has endured. The ghastly crimes of the world's most notorious serial killer have gone down in history as the most nauseating acts one man could ever inflict upon his fellow human beings; and since they were committed, contemporary sleuths have spent many lifetimes attempting to identify the man behind the myth. Bizarrely, nobody has yet revealed the identity of the true murderer to the satisfaction of ripperologists everywhere. This book seeks to change this. Taking the reader on a step-by-step journey through the precise events at the core of the Ripper's reign of terror, the text covers a sickening, twisted melange of murder and black magic, aiming to change forever the way these crimes are perceived
Author : Sam McCarver
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2005-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0595350534
Novel Writing for Wanna-be's is just what you've been looking for: an easy-to-read and enjoyable practical guide in how to write a novel written by a published author and experienced instructor. With this one book, learn everything you need to know about putting your novel together in a professional manner and in a very readable and entertaining form. Learn how to turn your story idea into an intriguing plot and how to create memorable characters. Learn how to write compelling scenes and natural dialogue. Use the dozens of case studies and examples included in this guidebook in helping you to present your own novel in a format agents and editors prefer. And, finally, learn about the publication process and how to make that important good first impression on an agent or editor in achieving your goal, and living your dream, of having your novel published. Praise for Sam McCarver's John Darnell Mystery Novels: "Wonderful fun . . . John and Penny are emerging as a formidable team that will have readers looking forward to their next adventure." --The Mystery Reader "Entertaining, fast-paced . . . McCarver does a masterful job." --Romantic Times "The Case of the Ripper's Revenge is a superb historical mystery." --Harriet Klausner, Amazon.com "McCarver's descriptive prowess makes the world of 1916 England come to life in The Case of the 2nd Seance." --Romantic Times
Author : G Alexander
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 28,51 MB
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1326389688
Mary Kelly had picked up the name 'Marie-Jeanette' while staying in Paris. Had the latter got into some kind of trouble while staying in this city and had the killer then followed her into London's East End? The Whitechapel Murders took place over a period of a little more than two months and ended just as swiftly as they had started. Had the assailant taken the lives of his other victims so as to cover his own tracks or had it been a case of mistaken identity? In this book I make the case that a close relative of the Post-Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec took the law into their own hands when they discovered the artist was dying of syphilis. Having obtained the suspect woman's name from one of Lautrec's letters to his own mother, she was finally tracked down to 13, Miller's Court.
Author : Anthony Boucher
Publisher : Murder Room
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1471903176
'A fine craftsman' Ellery Queen When a Swiss professor is found dead on a California university campus only a few feet away from the home of a student he was visiting, Dr Ashwin, a professor of Sanskrit, and Martin Lamb, a graduate student, join forces to find the killer. The dead man was struck by a blunt instrument but the weapon cannot be found. The only clue is a scrap of paper on which has been drawn an obscure symbol known as the Seven of Cavalry.
Author : Stefan Petrucha
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 110156055X
Panic grips the city! There is a killer loose in New York City, and Carver Young is the only one who sees the startling connection between the recent string of murders and the most famous serial killer in history: Jack the Ripper. Time is winding down until the killer claims another victim, but Carver soon sees that, to The Ripper, this is all a game that he may be destined to lose. “Petrucha’s story hits the ground running and doesn’t let up…”—Publisher’s Weekly “A rollicking story full of cannot-put-it-down twists an turns.” —VOYA “A well-crafted romp through yesteryear’s New York.” —Kirkus Reviews
