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In the dark : the true story of the Blackout Ripper

By Cummins , Gordon Frederick; Read , Simon; Cummins , Gordon Frederick

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group US;Berkley
Year
2006
ISBN
978-0-425-21283-7, 0425212831
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
453 kB (463932 bytes)
Series
Berkley true crime
Edition
Berkley mass-market ed
Pages
304\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
-- 1914-1942.;Serial murders -- Great Britain -- CCumminsGordon Frederick

Description

In 1942, London faced a reign of terror unknown since Jack the Ripper. The nightly air raids had darkened London's neon dazzle but not its urge to live it up. With death a daily possibility, drinks and sex were everywhere. But one man had other urges. Over a five-day period, "The Blackout Ripper" murdered with a lightning-fast ferocity that stunned and baffled investigators. He left few clues in his bloody wake-until a slip-up revealed his true identity, and shocked a city that thought it had seen it all

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