Jack the Ripper An Encyclopaedia

The author uses a critical case review of the kind that is now used to scrutinise unsolved crimes. He re-checks, re-examines and re-evaluates the facts, conjectures, newspaper accounts, eyewitness reports and official pronouncements. The book includes:

* Descriptions of the locations where the bodies were found
* Detailed histories of the victims
* Profiles of key police officials and examinations of police procedures, investigations, blunders and errors
* Details of prevailing myths about the case
* A meticulous evaluation of all hte chief suspects
*Comprehensive analysis of the existing literature
* Discussions of written communications ostensibly sent by the Ripper
* A closely reasoned and well-supported argument identifying the most likely suspect

Maps, illustrations, a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography and an index complete this comprehensive reference to a notorious chapter in British criminal history.

John J Eddlestone is the author of numerous articles and seven books on crime, including Blind Justice: Miscarriages of Justice in Twentieth Century Britain; Murderous Tyneside, Murderous Sussex and The Encyclopaedia of Executions.