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This nonfiction book examines the Blackout Ripper murders that unfolded over five days in 1942, amid London’s World War II air raids. It details how the killer’s brutal attacks at night, carried out under blackout conditions, shocked investigators who had never seen such swift violence. The narrative explains how a single mistake in the killer’s conduct ultimately revealed his identity, revealing how wartime desperation and a city’s sense of security were upended by a serial predator.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Simon Read
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