{"id":3878,"date":"2020-03-02T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2020-03-01T13:01:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T18:01:43","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-143-portrait-of-a-killer-jack-the-ripper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-143-portrait-of-a-killer-jack-the-ripper\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 143 &#8211; Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading<em> Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper <\/em>by Patricia Cornwell.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-143-portrait-of-a-killer-jack-the-ripper\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chasedarkness.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3880 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chasedarkness-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Chase Darkness With Me by Billy Jensen\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chasedarkness-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chasedarkness-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chasedarkness.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jacktr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3881\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jacktr-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Complete History of Jack the Ripper by Philip Sugden\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jacktr-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jacktr-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jacktr.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Dead Girls by Alice Bolin\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/deadgirls.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Chase Darkness With Me<\/em> by Billy Jensen (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2PDogIX\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781492685852\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Complete History of Jack the Ripper<\/em> by Philip Sugden <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/39dFNiH\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780786709328\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dead Girls<\/em> by Alice Bolin (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Tf9Il8\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780062657145\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/devil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/devil-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Devil in the White City by Erik Larson\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/devil-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/devil-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/devil.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thefive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thefive-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thefive-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thefive-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/thefive.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fromhell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3883\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fromhell-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"From Hell by Eddie Campbell &amp; Alan Moore\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fromhell-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fromhell-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/fromhell.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Devil in the White City<\/em> by Erik Larson (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Tcot87\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780375725609\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper<\/em> by Hallie Rubenhold <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32GWL6o\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780358299615\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>From Hell<\/em> by Eddie Campbell &amp; Alan Moore <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2I9t98E\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780958578349\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/illbegone.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jackaby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jackaby-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Jackaby by William Ritter\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jackaby-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jackaby-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jackaby.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3885\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>I&#8217;ll Be Gone in the Dark<\/em> by Michelle McNamara (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/39bFOna\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780062319791\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Jackaby<\/em> by William Ritter <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32DJnAd\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781616205461\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Name of the Star<\/em> by Maureen Johnson <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38cwrCn\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780142422052\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/savage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3886\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/savage-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/savage-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/savage-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/savage.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/stranger.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3888\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-134x220.jpg\" alt=\"Who Killed These Girls? by Beverly Lowry\" width=\"134\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-134x220.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/who.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Savage Appetites<\/em> by Rachel Monroe <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VCmfR4\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781501188886\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Stranger Beside Me<\/em> by Ann Rule (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/39ptmjG\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9781501139147\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Who Killed These Girls?<\/em> by Beverly Lowry (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TbNrnX\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tridentbookscafe.com\/book\/9780307739889\">Trident Booksellers<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a 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depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1842,1497,1845,1846,1837,1841,1839,1840,1836,118,1570,1834,1838,1835,1844,48,30,1843],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-alan-moore","tag-alice-bolin","tag-ann-rule","tag-beverly-lowry","tag-billy-jensen","tag-eddie-campbell","tag-erik-larson","tag-hallie-rubenhold","tag-jack-the-ripper","tag-maureen-johnson","tag-michelle-mcnamara","tag-patricia-cornwell","tag-philip-sugden","tag-portrait-of-a-killer-jack-the-ripper-case-closed","tag-rachel-monroe","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-william-ritter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3893,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions\/3893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}