Jack the Ripper. The Definitive Casebook by Richard Whittington-Egan

[pinkmoon]

Hi all,I've treated myself to this on my kindle and it is is excellent the author gives every theory a fair shout and he applies something very rare in jtr books common sense ........buy this book.

[JTRSickert]

Hi all,I've treated myself to this on my kindle and it is is excellent the author gives every theory a fair shout and he applies something very rare in jtr books common sense ........buy this book.

Sounds good pinkmoon. Looks like I know what I am going to purchase first with my new kindle.

[Phil Carter]

Hello Phil



Belatedly I've just come across your critique again. Having now read the book through twice myself, (and briefly reviewed it on Amazon), I have to say that yours is one of the fairest and most honest reviews I've ever read...and I shall ever be grateful that it was your efforts finally convinced me to buy this book.

Reading between your lines, I agree it's not always the most free-flowing read in the world, the style sometimes seeming very fluid (almost light and humorous at times) and elsewhere less so...Unusually for me I had to read it a little at the time, leaving it for a few days to reflect, then returning to it...to me the fact I had the patience (twice!) to keep returning indicates it was one cracker of a read...

This is one of those books I think I'll be returning to time after time.

My only regret Phil is that you didn't bung a perhaps abbridged version of your review up on Amazon.co.uk - it'd be far better than my puny effort, and would probably reflect more fairly on the book

Thanks mate

Dave

Hello Dave,

Lovely praise indeed and I feel humbled by your kind words. Thank you sir :-)

best wishes

Phil

[I Am Sam]

Hello everyone.

I'm late to this thread, but I wanted to use my first post to say how much I have enjoyed this book.

I was convinced by the review on this thread and made this book one of my first purchases for my new kindle.

I am about 60% through it and it has definitely been time well spent.

Thanks Richard, for the great work you put into this edition!

[Pcdunn]

Thanks for boosting this thread up again, Sam. It sounds like a good book to both refresh and update me on the cases, and I'll write down the title on my "for Kindle" list!

By the way, I would like to know which JtR overview book would be good to purchase for a community college library? We have a "law enforcement academy" (police officer training program) and a criminalistics course, so this topic is not totally off-the-mark. But there are so many JtR books, this librarian is a little puzzled. I'd prefer a fairly current overview, not a suspect book.
Thank you in advance!

[I Am Sam]

By the way, I would like to know which JtR overview book would be good to purchase for a community college library? We have a "law enforcement academy" (police officer training program) and a criminalistics course, so this topic is not totally off-the-mark. But there are so many JtR books, this librarian is a little puzzled. I'd prefer a fairly current overview, not a suspect book.
Thank you in advance!

I think The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Companion: An Illustrated Encyclopedia would be a good choice for something like a police training program.

I think this has all the police files that still exist.

You sure can't go wrong with:

1) Paul Begg's "The Facts"

2) Philip Sugden's " The Complete History Of Jack The Ripper"

3) Donald Rumbelow's "The Complete Casebook".

My favorite is Sugden.

[Pcdunn]

Sam, thank you for the list!

I've recently read Rumbelow's updated book, and mean to get to the others as well. (I won't have an excuse if I buy it for the library...)

[Sleuth1888]

Just finished reading The Definitive Casebook. A real gem of a book and takes a refreshing look at all of the theories and books which have popped up over the years.

[Phil Carter]

Just finished reading The Definitive Casebook. A real gem of a book and takes a refreshing look at all of the theories and books which have popped up over the years.

Yes..A little gem it certainly is. ☺


Phil