Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper--case Closed
- ISBN-10
- 0399149325
- ISBN-13
- 9780399149320
- Series
- Portrait of a Killer
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 387
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult
- Author
- Patricia Daniels Cornwell
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.
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Other editions
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- 2005-12
- 416 pages
- Paperback
- Grand Central Publishing
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- 2003-04
- 559 pages
- Paperback
- Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
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