Ripper - Michael Slade Reviews
Description:ISBN 0451177029 /
Newest Review: ... trunk once used by Jack The Ripper and the occult practices of one Aleister Crowley, so it is in that direction that the ... more
... investigation begins to follow. This gives Team Slade ample oppotunity to demonstrate their extensive Ripper knowledge and expound some very clever, plausible and well-researched theories....once again, Michael Slade prove that theirs are more than just your average thrillers, aiming as they do to educate and enlighten as well as entertain. This is in part what makes these books so slick- the fact that these guys are keen to demonstrate that they know exactly what they are talking about and do it so well in keeping w...more
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by - written on 06/04/09 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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Ripper is the fourth novel written by a team of Canadian Lawyers under the pseudonym of Michael Slade and is, without question, my favourite of all their earlier thrillers save perhaps for their debut, Head Hunter. Taking place five years after the events of Cutthroat, this new novel catches up with the old and familiar characters of Chief Superintendant Robert De Clerq and former Police Inspector Zinc Chandler; Zinc currently on sick leave following a gun-shot to the head that nearly killed him which has now left him suffering from Epilepsy and a mere shadow of his former self.... Zinc has had it hard recently; his mother, young son, ex-girlfriend and fiancee ... Read the complete review
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