Grand Central Publishing Stalking Jack the Ripper Манискалко Керри

Set against the quiet and unassuming city of Huntsville, Texas, Jack "Meadowlark" Johnson, and his teenage son, Cooper embark on a journey of epic proportions. Told over the course a single day, this electrifying graphic novel recounts Cooper's struggle to survive the increasingly catastrophic consequences of his father's mistakes and the dangers they have brought home to his estranged family. As Cooper and his father desperately navigate cascading threats of violence, they must also grapple with their own combative, dysfunctional, but loving relationship • Drawing on inspiration from the authors' childhoods in Texas, their relationships with their own sons and from ancient myths like The Odyssey that resonate throughout the ages, this contemporary crime noir is a propulsive coming-of-age tale of the shattering transition into manhood

On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home from work when she spots a man precariously standing at the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her house, where he finally shares his name: Emmett • Over the course of the emotionally charged weekend that follows, Tallie makes it her mission to provide a safe space for Emmett, though she hesitates to confess that this is also her day job. What she doesn't realize is that Emmett isn't the only one who needs healing-and they both are harboring secrets • Alternating between Tallie and Emmett's perspectives as they inch closer to the truth of what brought Emmett to the bridge's edge-as well as the hard truths Tallie has been grappling with since her marriage ended-This Close to Okay is an uplifting, cathartic story about chance encounters, hope found in unlikely moments, and the subtle magic of human connection

It's the end of summer in Atlanta, and fifth-grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia Harrison will discover that back-to-school means facing everyday challenges in a new world of safety lessons, terrified parents, and constant fear. Because it was the summer during which Atlanta's African-American children were vanishing • The moving story of their struggle to grow up and survive shimmers with the piercing, ineffable quality of childhood, as it captures all the hurts and little wins, the all-too-sudden changes, and the merciless, outside forces that can sweep the young into adulthood and forever shape their lives

London. 1894 • 'I am not a detective, chief constable.' • 'No, but you are a poet, a freemason and a man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business in hand.' • So says Police Chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company of Arthur Conan Doyle. The business they are gathered to discuss is none other than the case of Jack the Ripper, the most notorious murderer in England • And thus the three men set out to solve one of the world's most famous mysteries - the ultimate truth about the identity of Jack the Ripper • Case Closed is Arthur Conan Doyle's account of the events of 1894, the year of the return of Jack the Ripper. Based on Oscar Wilde's real-life friendship with Conan Doyle and the extraordinary but little-known fact that in 1894 the detective in charge of the Jack the Ripper investigations was Oscar Wilde's neighbour in Tite Street, Chelsea, this is a revelatory and gripping detective story, combining the intrigue of a classic murder mystery with a witty and compelling portrait of one of the greatest characters of the Victorian age

An exploration of the Jack the Ripper murders through the eyes of the Londoners who lived through it, including eye-witness accounts and inquest testimonies • The shocking murders carried out by an unknown serial killer in London's East End in during the autumn of 1888 dominated the news and public imagination at the time and have continued to exert a baleful influence ever since. But what was it like to live through those terrifying weeks? No matter what precautions the locals took, the killings continued • Featuring eye-witness accounts, photographs and documents of the time, this book looks at the crimes of Jack the Ripper and their impact on the people of Victorian London. It follows the way the crimes affected the local population, the rumours that swept the streets, the alarms, the riots, the persecutions, the suspicions and the sheer naked terror of the awful autumn when Jack the Ripper stalked the streets

A new suspect for the role of Jack the Ripper - in his own words • This manuscript was found in papers belonging to Hulme Beauman, the creator of the radio series Toytown and Larry the Lamb, by Alan Hicken. It is written by a man called James Carnac and is an account of his life, including the period when he became the murderer known to posterity as ‘Jack the Ripper’. Ultimately it is up to the reader to decide. Is this a piece of fiction? If so it has to be one of the very earliest imaginings of the Ripper case, written in the early years of the twentieth century and a fascinating piece of period writing. However, is it non-fiction? There is information in this book that does not appear to be derived from contemporary newspapers or any other publications and the descriptions of Tottenham in the 1870s, the visits to performances of Jekyll and Hyde, the intricate geography of Whitechapel in 1888 are written with pin-point accuracy

More than a century after he stalked the streets of London's East End, Jack the Ripper continues to exert a macabre fascination on the popular imagination. After scrupulously re-examining official documents of the time, investigative journalist Paul Roland strips away decades of myth and misconceptions to reveal the identity of a brand-new suspect who has never been seriously considered until now. If you are expecting a finger to be pointed at one of the usual suspects, be prepared to have your assumptions turned on their head

Две сестры. Одно жестокое убийство. Поистине дьявольский план мести… и история пьянящей любви • Сёстры-близняшки с Сицилии Эмилия и Виттория – ведьмы, но они живут тайно и не привлекают к себе лишнего внимания. Это их не спасает: однажды ночью Виттория не приходит на ужин в знаменитом семейном ресторане, и вскоре Эмилия обнаруживает её бездыханное тело. Тело, осквернённое бесчеловечным злодеем • Убитая горем девушка решает найти виновных в смерти сестры и отомстить им любой ценой. Даже если для этого придётся прибегнуть к запретной магии • И тут Эмилия знакомится с Гневом, одним из принцев Ада, о вероломстве и порочности которых её предупреждали с самого детства. Якобы он прибыл помочь Эмилии: его повелитель поручил ему раскрыть череду убийств, происшедших на острове

Ужасный, омерзительный, невыразимый убийца из Уайтчепела, Джек Потрошитель, бродил по улицам Восточного Лондона в 1888 году, убивая проституток и приводя в замешательство полицию, которая охотилась за ним. Им так и не удалось задержать его, и по сей день тайна его личности остается загадкой. Но он действительно оставил ключи к разгадке своей личности, и на протяжении ста двадцати лет, прошедших с тех пор, как он держал лондонский Ист-Энд в тисках террора, выдвигалось множество теорий • В этой книге рассматриваются улики, оставленные убийцей, а также отчеты и материалы следствия, в которых зафиксированы зверства, совершенные Потрошителем. Требуется время, чтобы проанализировать имеющуюся информацию и оценить письма, отправленные в полицию. Это самая сильная и действенная книга, когда-либо написанная об убийствах

Роскошный океанский лайнер становится ужасной плавучей тюрьмой, в которой пассажиры начинают гибнуть один за другим и бежать от убийцы - некуда • НОРМАЛЬНОСТЬ ПЕРЕОЦЕНЕНА. ОРИГИНАЛЬНОСТЬ НЕЗАБЫВАЕМА. Одри Роуз Уодсворт и ее партнер по расследованию преступлений Томас Кресуэлл путешествуют через Атлантику на борту роскошного парохода "Этрурия". Особое развлечение для пассажиров первого класса — труппа цирковых артистов, гадалок и очень харизматичный молодой иллюзионист. Но как с ними связаны шокировавшие всех на борту жестокие убийства знатных молодых девушек? Ясно одно: убийцу необходимо вычислить, пока "Этрурия" не прибыла в порт назначения

A book like no other – the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of history’s most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from the legendary writer and director of Withnail and I • For over a hundred years, ‘the mystery of Jack the Ripper’ has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of obsessive theorists, and endless volumes purporting finally to reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorised Victorian England • But what if there was never really any ‘mystery’ at all? What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sight, deliberately leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who cared to look, while cynically mocking those who were supposedly attempting to bring him to justice? • In They All Love Jack, the award-winning film director and screenwriter Bruce Robinson exposes the cover-up that enabled one of history’s most notorious serial killers to remain at large