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Ripper Hunter: Abberline and the Whitechapel Murders by M. J. Trow (Hardcover, 2013)

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Author : M. J. Trow. Width : 16.6 cm. Length : 24 cm. Height : 2.5 cm. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may but the dust cover may be missing.

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Who was Inspector Frederick Abberline, the lead detective in the Jack the Ripper case? Why did he and his fellow policemen fail to catch the most notorious serial killer of Victorian England? What was he like as a man, as a professional policeman, one of the best detectives of his generation? And how did he investigate the sequence of squalid, bloody murders that repelled and fascinated contemporaries and has been the subject of keen controversy ever since? Here at last in M.J. Trow's compelling biography of this pre-eminent Victorian policeman are the answers to these intriguing questions. Abberline's story gives us insight into his remarkable career, into the routines of Victorian policing, and into the Ripper case as it was seen by the best police minds of the day. SELLING POINTS: . In-depth account of the Jack the Ripper murder investigation . Biography of the foremost detective in the case . Dispels myths and misunderstandings about the case and Abberline's role in it . By the author of Jack The Ripper: Quest For a Killer and The Thames Torso Murders ILLUSTRATIONS: 20