Portrait of a Killer

Portrait of a Killer - Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (ISBN 0425192733) is a 2002 book by crime novelist Patricia Cornwell which presents the author's theory that British painter Walter Sickert was the 19th-century serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Unlike her Scarpetta novels, this work is advertised as being non-fiction.

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2002 - Patricia Cornwell - British - Walter Sickert - Jack the Ripper

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The book was released to much controversy, especially within the British art world, where Sickert's work is admired, and also among Ripperologists, who strongly dispute her research methods and conclusions. Cornwell has lashed back at her critics, claiming that if she were a man or British that her conclusions would have been accepted, and she has also made remarks indicating that those who study the Ripper case would rather the mystery not be solved.

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