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Title: Case not even close to closed
Review: Portrait of a killer is a poorly written book based on Patricia Cornwell's theory that Walter Sickert was the infamous killer, Jack the Ripper. I read the entire book waiting for the proof positive, but it never came.The so called evidence that Cornwell puts forward is nothing more than poorly drawn conclusions based on similarities in Sickert's use of certain phrases in his correspondence and that of the Ripper in his taunting of the police. She also makes much of Sickert's style and subjects in his paintings.This book was difficult to read because of its lack of a chronology of the murders, and because of its disjointed style.Based on this book and Cornwell's "evidence", Walter Sickert is the least likely suspect I've come across.
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