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Title: Can Writers Write?
Review: Given that she is a successful novelist, one might think that Patricia Cornwell would have a clue as to how to organize her arguments into a cohesive whole. However, "truth" must be harder than fiction, as this book rambles about without any rhyme or reason. It's hard to see why she even divided it into chapters, as each one contains a multitude of thoughts, facts, and surmises on a number of Ripper-related subjects, without ever making a specific point or building on previously made points to bolster her current argument. Does she prove her case? Well, she presents some interesting information, but never proves anything other than she is a better novelist than a writer of non-fiction. Was Walter Sickert the Ripper?Let's just say that the case is still open.
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