title: I, Ripper: A Novel
author:  Stephen Hunter 
description: [A] dark, bloody triumph . . . convincingly mad, alternatively even-tempered, hallucinatory and cackling . . . the books characters are great, its race to capture the murder is beautifully tense, and it has one of the best twists I can remember in any recent historical thriller.<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />Add Sherlock Holmes, deductive reasoning, a classic frame-up, spot-on Cockney dialogue, erudite social observations, and pervasive anti-Semitism, and Bob's your uncle. Hunter solves the crime, and the Prince of Wales wasn't the culprit.<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />Intriguing details such as the ingenious speculations about the graffiti message that the murderer left on the night he slaughtered two prostitutes are sure to fascinate Ripperologists. <i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />Absolutely riveting. . . . Authentic in tone, well researched, and darkly atmospheric of Victorian London, this historical thriller combines the quiet plausibility of the psychopath in Thomas Harris <i>Red Dragon </i>(1981) with the menacing tone of Kenneth Camerons <i>The Frightened Man </i>(2009).<i>Booklist</i>
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  BECCA C. SMITH
  
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  Published by Red Frog Publishing a division of Red Frog Media
  
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  First published in 2013
  
  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any
  similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended
  by the author.
  
  ISBN 978-1481892445
  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  Dedicated to Robert and Alina. You are my heroes and inspire me every day!
  
   **By Becca C. Smith**
  
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  **The Riser Saga**
  
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  **The Alexis Tappendorf Series**
  
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  Alexis Tappendorf and the Search for Beale’s Treasure
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  Chapter Zero: 2321
  
  Chapter One: Monday April 4, 2321
  
  Chapter Two: Tuesday April 5,