WILL THE REAL JACK THE RIPPER

Softcover. The author takes each episodic element of the case - in this instance the brutal slaying and mutilation of 5 prostitutes in London's East End in the autumn of 1888 - and presents it starkly and factually in the 'present time'. Each episode is followed by an analysis of the subsequent investigation and the horrific unfolding of events, and in such a way that old theories are re-examined and new ones scrutinised. 72pp. Illus., Map sections and composite map. Bibliog. Soft cover. F. with no creasing to covers.