Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper by Patricia Cornwell. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
- Chase Darkness With Me by Billy Jensen (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- The Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Dead Girls by Alice Bolin (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- From Hell by Eddie Campbell & Alan Moore (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Jackaby by William Ritter (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
- Who Killed These Girls? by Beverly Lowry (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
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(But no pressure, we’re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)