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    Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert
    Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert
    Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert
    Audiobook14 hours

    Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert

    Written by Patricia Cornwell

    Narrated by Mary Stuart Masterson

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller.

    From New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell comes Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert, a comprehensive and intriguing exposé of one of the world’s most chilling cases of serial murder—and the police force that failed to solve it.

    Vain and charismatic Walter Sickert made a name for himself as a painter in Victorian London. But the ghoulish nature of his art—as well as extensive evidence—points to another name, one that’s left its bloody mark on the pages of history: Jack the Ripper. Cornwell has collected never-before-seen archival material—including a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence and a will with a mysterious autopsy clause—and applied cutting-edge forensic science to open an old crime to new scrutiny.

    Incorporating material from Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed, this new edition has been revised and expanded to include eight new chapters.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 28, 2017
    ISBN9781522635550
    Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert
    Author

    Patricia Cornwell

    Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world’s top bestselling crime authors with novels translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries. Her novels have won numerous prestigious awards including the Edgar, the Creasey, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the Prix du Roman d’Aventure. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Patricia has written a definitive book about Jack the Ripper, a biography, and three more fiction series among others. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the forensic technologies that inform her work. She was born in Miami, grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston. 

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      This was a great look into the possibility of who was Jack the Ripper