{"product_id":"the-big-book-of-jack-the-ripper-9781101971130","title":"The Big Book of Jack the Ripper","description":"\u003cb\u003eEdgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's latest anthology takes its inspiration from the historical enigma whose name has become synonymous with fear: Jack the Ripper. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Of the real-life serial killers whose gruesome acts have been splashed across headlines, none has reached the mythical status of Jack the Ripper. In the Ripper's wake, terror swept through the streets of London's East End in the fall of 1888. As quickly as his nightmarish reign came, Saucy Jack vanished without a trace--leaving future generations to speculate upon his identity and whereabouts. He was diabolical in a way never seen before--a killer who taunted the police, came up with his own legendary monikers, and, ultimately, got away with his heinous crimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More than a century later, the man \"from hell\" continues to live on in the imaginations of readers everywhere--and in some of the most spec­tacularly unnerving stories, both fiction and nonfiction, ever written. \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Jack the Ripper \u003c\/i\u003eimmerses you in the utterly chilling world of Red Jack's London, where his unprecedented evil still lurks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Including: \u003cbr\u003e - Legendary stories by Marie Belloc Lowndes, Robert Bloch, and Ellery Queen\u003cbr\u003e - Captivating essays from George Bernard Shaw, Stephen Hunter, and Peter Underwood\u003cbr\u003e - Riveting new stories by contemporary masters Jeffrey Deaver, Loren D. Estleman, Lyndsay Faye, and many more\u003cbr\u003e - Astonishing theories from the world's foremost Ripperologists \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the Ripper Vault: \u003cbr\u003e - Demonic letters from Jack himself \u003cbr\u003e - Gruesome postmortem exams documenting all the bits and pieces of the cases\u003cbr\u003e - Harrowing witness statements taken on those hellish nights\u003cbr\u003e - Breaking newspaper accounts of the East End hysteria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16152954\"\u003eOtto Penzler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.90w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101971130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1101971134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC003000\"\u003eAnthologies (multiple authors)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOTTO PENZLER\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of fourteen Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard anthologies, including\u003ci\u003e The Black Lizard Big Book of \u003c\/i\u003eBlack Mask\u003ci\u003e Stories, The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries, \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City, where he is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44365528826093,"sku":"9781101971130","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_dd81778b-dd7e-448a-90e3-3ad45753e0d7.jpg?v=1698943795","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-big-book-of-jack-the-ripper-9781101971130","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}