Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates - Softcover

Evans, Stewart P.; Rumblelow, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750942290 ISBN 13: 9780750942294

Publisher: The History Press, 2009

Synopsis

Drawing on their unparallel knowledge of the Jack the Ripper murders and their professional experience as police officers, the two doyens of serious Ripper writing join forces for the first time to write the definitive book on the case from the perspective of the police investigation. As the title declares, this is the complete investigation and is full of new insights and information on the murders and who might have committed them. The authors reopen every aspect of the case and offer a balanced account that does not favor any one suspect or motive. By viewing the case through the lens of police procedure, they have uncovered clues and links that have remained undetected for more than a hundred years. Evans and Rumbelow also extend the investigation beyond the canonical” five victims and add other murders investigated at the same time that bring the total to twelve. This study strips away much of the nonsense that has accumulated since 1888 and draws the reader into the world of police investigation in Victorian London, reopening files on a case that will perhaps never be solved, but will always fascinate.

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About the Author

Stewart Evans is a leading crime historian and is widely considered one of the foremost specialists on Jack the Ripper. A former police officer, his previous books include Jack the Ripper: Letters from Hell, and Executioner. Donald Rumbelow, a former police office whose beat included Mitre Square, scene of the fourth Ripper murder, is the author of The Complete Jack the Ripper. He also gives weekly Jack the Ripper tours.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0750942290
• ISBN 13: 9780750942294
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384