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susan bondesen (USA: OR) (2008/03/31):
Compelling, factual, contains photos and I started having nightmares when only halfway through the book! So I never finished.. but I'm convinced he did it!!
JennyOhman (Sweden) (2008/06/30):
There are MUCH better books to read if you’re interested in the case. Cornwall has decided that the guy did it and is grasping for straws. Donald Rumbelows book is a natural take on the events and a good book for anyone who wants to read about good old Jack…
Gretchen Stull (USA: TN) (2008/07/15):
I generally dislike Cornwell's books (and by "generally dislike" I mean I think most of them would serve better as coasters than as reading material). This one, however, is not that bad. Yes, it skews all the facts presented to fit Cornwell's unproven hypothesis, but it is an interesting read for anyone intrigued by Jack. I don't agree with the conclusion she draws, but I believe this book is worth the time it takes to read it.
bfred (USA: NJ) (2009/04/24):
Cornwell wants to have a point. For the next lines all references to Patricia Cornwell will just be coded (C).C makes a statement on opening and then publishes 300? pages of supporting evidence. Fact: Jack the Ripper walked on streets
C: Walter Sickert walked on streets Fact: Jack the Ripper wore pants
C: Walter Sickert wore pants ETC...................for 300+ pages Points:
C does the usual praising of current people in the crime divisions
--- Joe Schmoe -- a handsome 50, young at heart, built like a wrestler guy ..
--- Pete Tepid --- TODAY
would have figured out that the blood came from a jaundiced antelope ... It goes on from there. The best scenes, of course, are the slashing and mutilation of the women. The operative word: carotid Why else would one read a Jack the Ripper book?
Ray (USA: GA) (2009/11/18):
Patricia Cornwell states that the killer was someone completely different than most other writers on the subject. As a matter of fact,the FBI profile on what Jack the Ripper's personality and lifestyle would have been like is comletely different than what Cornwell purports. The book may be okay as far as learnig some basic facts about the case, but no doubt her assumption on the killer is dead wrong.
Ray (USA: GA) (2009/11/18):
Patricia Cornwell states that the killer was someone completely different than most other writers on the subject. As a matter of fact,the FBI profile on what Jack the Ripper's personality and lifestyle would have been like is comletely different than what Cornwell purports. The book may be okay as far as learnig some basic facts about the case, but no doubt her assumption on the killer is dead wrong.
John Rees (USA: CA) (2009/11/20):
Biggest pile of crap i have ever read regarding JTR
Marianne (Australia) (2011/02/27):
Patricia Cornwell’s non-fiction offering, “Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed” is filled with meticulous detail about Jack the Ripper’s murders. Cornwell brings modern forensic techniques into the investigation of this 122 year-old case in an effort to prove that Jack the Ripper was Walter Sickert, an artist and actor. Although the detail made the theory interesting, the book was quite slow-moving in parts. While the use of mitochondrial DNA and handwriting analysis may seem to implicate Sickert, I didn’t find it convincing enough to merit the descriptor “Case Closed”.
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