First Serial Killer

Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time when the general populace was literate and the press was a force for social change. The press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper. Robin Odell's Ripperology is the first study to present a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes and to address the seven principal phases of Ripper speculations....

Alicia Hawkins is not your average serial killer. She didn’t tear the wings off butterflies when she was a kid, and she never killed a neighbor’s cat. But now, she's back in Aspen and on the hunt for her next victim. The picturesque town of Aspen, Colorado serves as the backdrop for Alicia’s twisted game. The snow-capped mountains and luxurious ski resorts provide the perfect cover for her sinister plans. Alicia is a master manipulator, using her charm and beauty to lure unsuspecting victims into her trap. But beneath her facade lies a deep-seated darkness, fueled by a promise she ...

Pursued by one demon into the clutches of another, the ordinary life of Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols is made extraordinary by horrible, inhuman circumstance. Jack the Ripper's first victim comes to life in this sensitive and intimate fictionalized portrait, from humble beginnings, to building a family with an abusive husband, her escape into poverty and the workhouse, alcoholism, and finally abandoned on the streets of London where the Whitechapel Murderer found her.

It’s all fun and games until a body washes up…. Beth Monroe just wants to make it through the summer baseball season without being the constant target of her brother Shane’s jokes, but he is relentless, and she’s ready to lock herself in her room and hide. Until the new girl shows up. Halley appears in small town Barryville like a ghost. No one knows where she came from or anything about her past, not even her last name. When she gives Beth a piece of unsolicited advice that, “It’s what’s on the outside that counts,” Beth changes everything about herself. By the time Beth ...