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The Complete Jack the Ripper (Paperback)

by Donald Rumbelow (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (3 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140173951
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140173956
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,606 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Discover the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders in David Rumbelow’s The Complete Jack the Ripper … It is 1888 in London’s Whitechapel district, where one by one a group of prostitutes are brutally murdered. Opium smoking Inspector Fred Abberline is called upon to investigate these horrific murders and through his visions track down and trap Jack the Ripper. David Rumbelow’s casebook sets the crimes firmly in their historical setting, examines the evidence comprehensively and scrupulously, disposes of a number of theories and legends and relates the murder to popular literature and to later similar sex crimes. In addition he has had the advantage of access to some of Scotland Yard's most confidential papers.


About the Author

Donald Rumbelow lectures on crime and London history and is a former chairman of the Crime Writers Association. He is a London Tourist Board Blue Badge Guide. He is married and has two children. Among his interests are travel, theatre, collecting books and the English Civil War.

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5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent review by a Scotland Yard Detective, 15 Oct 2002
By Deborah MacGillivray "Author," (US & UK) - See all my reviews
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Donald Rumbelow, as a Scotland Yard Detective, provides a grim, realistic study of the Ripper Case, even down to studying such vague connections as Ellery Queen fictional work concerning it.
He was permitted access to records that are still sealed, and was shocked to find how little of the records survived. He was also able to put back the death bed picture of Mary Kelly.
The only fault I find is in his analysis of the suspects. He seemed to rigid and not willing to look into this with any real depth.

Overall, a must for any ripperologist!!

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great start fro any ripperologists, 31 Jan 2000
Donald Rumbelow is on of the UKs leading Ripper experts and this book, revised comprehensively over the years contains just about all of the known research, evidence and theories regarding the Whitechapel Murders. He's also a really nice guy who leads the excellent Ripper Walk here in London. No Jack collection is complete without this.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not complete, but good., 15 Mar 2005
By Dennis Phillips "The Book Friar" (Bulls Gap, Tennessee USA) - See all my reviews
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Donald Rumbelow has an excellent writing style and this is an easy to read and understand book. In particular, he does a great job of helping the reader understand the conditions in London's east end during this time of the old city's history. He also gives the reader a complete understanding of the limitations faced by police in the late 1800's. If no one saw the killer commit the crime, it was almost impossible to make an arrest.

This is a fairly short book as compared to other ripper books but there is a wealth of information. This would be an excellent book for someone just getting interested in the ripper for it is more of an introduction to the case than anything else. Rumbelow never really makes any attempt to solve the case. Instead he spends a lot of time showing the faults in other ripper writer's theroies. I think it was Sherlock Holmes who said that if you get rid of all the things that were impossible, what was left was the answer, no matter how improbable. I think that may be what Rumbelow is up to.

Truth be known, the section I enjoyed most was the chapter called "Beyond the Grave", which deals with ripper like killers who followed Jack. The Yorkshire and Dusseldorf rippers and Jack the Stripper for example. Their cases are not only highly interesting but also prove that the shadow of Jack the Ripper will be hanging over us for a long time.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good factual account
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