In the Dark: The True Story of the Blackout Ripper
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0425212831 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In 1942, London faced a reign of terror unknown since Jack the Ripper. Over a five-day period, "The Blackout Ripper" murdered with a lightning-fast ferocity that stunned and baffled investigators. But one man had other urges. 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. 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.
Kindle Customer said Wonderfully creepy. This book was a fabulous read. I bought it for a number of friends who thought the same thing. I read it from cover to cover in about "Wonderfully creepy" according to Kindle Customer. This book was a fabulous read. I bought it for a number of friends who thought the same thing. I read it from cover to cover in about 2 days, finding it very hard to put down. I also had to get up a few times to recheck the locks on my doors! This book was very well written and I highly recommend it.. days, finding it very hard to put down. I also had to get up a few times to recheck the locks on my doors! This book was very well written and I highly recommend it.. Like It Is Dana Hunter Simon Read strikes againJohn Douglas, author of Mindhunter and one of the agents who started the FBI's Behavioral Profiling Unit, once said that serial killers shouldn't be treated like celebrities. Rather, they should be given sneering nicknames and treated like the scum they are. Simon doesn't give "The Blackout Ripper" any derrogatory nicknames, but he doesn't give the guy any breaks, either. And that's what I love about this book.So many true crime novels give a dramatic spin to t. Wow! Kathleen F. Hoverter I just finished a rip-roaring read of "In the Dark" by Simon Read. This was a page-turner of the first order, a breathless, head-on trip down the London Blackout road to hell. With not a word to spare, Mr. Read offered a fascinating look into the other London of the 1940s, replete with booze, sex, murder, and the stuff of nightmares that crawls out from under rocks when it's dark. The amazing part of the story is the dogged determination of the detectives who nailed the RAF sociopath