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A review by rachelcabbit
The Thames Torso Murders by M.J. Trow
4.0
A fascinating look at the unsolved and oft ignored series of murders that took place prior to, during and after Jack the Ripper's reign of terror in Victorian London.
Dismembered bodies turned up in the Thames 15 years before Jack started slashing prostitutes in Whitechapel.
This book looks at what remains of this crime, how it was handled and where we could possibly find the killer. With so little evidence and no CSI technology, it is impossible to know for sure, but Trow does a fine job clearing away the unlikely suspects.
There's a good deal of reference to the Ripper's murders and some great explorations of London's rivers and buildings, the hierarchy of prostitution in Victorian London, the psychology of serial killers and references to murders elsewhere in past and present.
I found this book fascinating and informative. I found a lot more than what I was expecting!
Dismembered bodies turned up in the Thames 15 years before Jack started slashing prostitutes in Whitechapel.
This book looks at what remains of this crime, how it was handled and where we could possibly find the killer. With so little evidence and no CSI technology, it is impossible to know for sure, but Trow does a fine job clearing away the unlikely suspects.
There's a good deal of reference to the Ripper's murders and some great explorations of London's rivers and buildings, the hierarchy of prostitution in Victorian London, the psychology of serial killers and references to murders elsewhere in past and present.
I found this book fascinating and informative. I found a lot more than what I was expecting!