Welcome back to Books With Cause. This one is a harrowing account of abuse, silence, and the long fight to be heard. I want to preface this by saying that this review will not be like my others. While the majority of what I read is fiction, I do read non-fiction from time to time. …
Welcome back to Books With Cause. Let’s dive into my latest review. In this second part of my Jack the Ripper series, I review Naming Jack the Ripper — Russell Edwards’s 2015 investigation that leans heavily on modern DNA testing and confidently names Aaron Kosminski as the killer. How strong is his case, and does …
In this first part of a two-part Ripper special, I take a look at Portrait of a Killer by Patricia Cornwell — a book that made bold claims about the identity of Jack the Ripper. Two decades later, how convincing does the theory remain? This is a book that has been in my house for …