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Book Review of Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Audio CD) (Abridged)

Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed (Audio CD) (Abridged)
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This audio book was extremely well written. It is the first Patricia Cornwell book I've ever read, and I'm sure it won't be my last. It is very obvious she has done her research for this book, and it must have taken years to write. I found this book to be entertaining, however gruesome some of the content may be. Some of the descriptions of dismemberment by Jack the Ripper of his victims are grotesque and shocking, even by today's standards. It seems to me that Patricia Cornwell's excellent research has most certainly named who the killer was. What a pity he wasn't found guilty and punished for his crimes while he was alive.