Leonore P. (Grizabella) reviewed Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Audio Casette) (Abridged) on + 63 more book reviews
Interesting and convincing. Cornwall believes she has discovered the identity of Jack the Ripper.
Lori S. (shooky) reviewed Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Audio Casette) (Abridged) on + 138 more book reviews
6 hrs. abridged
Rick H. (WileyCoyote) reviewed Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Audio Casette) (Abridged) on + 98 more book reviews
CAUTION - SHARP TURN AHEAD! For you Patricia Cornwell fans out htere, this IS NOT your normal mystery/thriller you have come to expecy from her. Before I get into t he audio, let me say a couple of things about the narrator. Kate Burton does an outstanding job in thes book. Her professional work meakes this book an enjoyable experience! Her transitions between 19th century England and American accents are a wonder to listen to. I'll be looking for more from her in other books in the future! Now for the book - First off, this book took me back to the time of sitting in Lecture Halls, listening to some treatise from a professor who adamently believed in his point of view! Cornwell seems to share her unswerving belief that she has finally determined who Jack The Ripper was! If you are a serious "Ripperologist" (is that a word?) you are probably going to HATE this book - because she tears down any beliefs contrary to her own. She has set her sdights on a Victorian artist named Walter Sicket, and provides you with a seemingly unending stream of circumstantial evidence to back up her claims. I found the evidence presented to be highly entertaining and enjoyable, if for no other reason than it gave me some insight into the Ripper Era. She has done her research - I'll give her that! She does do one thing in this book that really ticks me - she has a habit of "quoting" one word at a time from her many sources - without giving any useful context at all! How can you draw a conclusion from ONE WORD? Another thing - when an author blatently states "Case Closed", that is a little optimistic and arrogant, don't you think? I don't think we'll ever know for sure who the Ripper was, and I have to ask myself - do I really care?
Pamela R. (I-no-books) reviewed Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Audio Casette) (Abridged) on + 93 more book reviews
excellent reader. Interesting premise as to who the Ripper could have been.
Jill M. (FictionAddiction) reviewed Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Audio Casette) (Abridged) on + 15 more book reviews
Rather gory.
Dennis P. (sebastiantombs) reviewed Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Audio Casette) (Abridged) on + 123 more book reviews
Abridged. 4 tapes, approx 6 hrs.
