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Patricia Cornwell
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Portrait of a Killer |
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English |
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Paperback |
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528 |
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2003-06-05 |
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0751533599 |
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Time Warner Paperbacks |
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0.66 pounds |
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1.34 x 4.33 x 7.83 inches |
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New Ed |
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Product Description
Using the firsthand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell has used the demanding methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the contemporaneous evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders. These include state-of-the-art DNA testing on various materials, computer enhancement of watermarks and expert examinations of hand-writing, paper, inks and other relics. She has also used her knowledge of profiling on the possible suspects, as well as consulting experts in the field. On presenting her conclusions to a very senior Metropolitan Police officer she learned that had the investigators of the time been presented with the facts she has unearthed her suspect would definitely have been arrested and would probably have faced trial. In the first edition of this book Patricia Cornwell named the killer as the artist, Walter Sickert. This paperback includes even more evidence for her compelling and credible conclusion. Visit the author's website on www.patricia-cornwell.com
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John Rees (USA: CA) (2009/06/13):
Do not bother probably the worst book ever written on the subject............
A typical fiction novelist trying to do a serious book and failing miserably..
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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