Completely new: can you point me in the right direction?

[spyglass]

SKY PILOT !
( dont dispare i'm responding ) An intresting book in it's own right, but does'nt say anything about JTR. and the documentry was naff!

NEXTJENN !

In my opinion you chose the wrong book to
start with.
I suggest " JTR THE FACTS" by Paul Begg and "THE COMPLETE JTR" by Donald Rumbelow to start with.

[Hunter]

Hello Skypilot,

I checked that book out at the library a few months ago... Only read it once. I liked his research on the "Dear Boss" letter and his coverage of the press to some extent but find fault on his perception of the murders in general.

[Jonathan H]

In my opinion, the rwo best books on the subject are:

'Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates' by Stewart P Evans and Don Rumbelow (2006)

It gives a terrific overview of the police hunt from 1888 to 1891, and is copiously/beautifully illustrated.

For the best work of novelistic, prose style and [leftist] polemical argument, and realising it will be brilliant but dated is:

'Autumn of Terror' by Tom Cullen (1965)