Ripper (The Special X Thrillers)

By: Michael Slade

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Synopsis: &“Slade is at his peak with Ripper. A schizophrenic whodunit complete with locked rooms and self-triggering death devices. Highly enjoyable.&” —Time Out London An American feminist is found hanging, her body slashed to shreds, her face flayed. Two hookers are murdered, their corpses mutilated in a similar pattern. These gruesome deaths are only the beginning of the trail Canadian Mountie Robert DeClercq will follow as he attempts to catch a brutal psychopath. It&’s a journey that takes him through the history of Satanism and the occult, searching for a serial killer&’s demons. Demons all too similar to the ones that drove Jack the Ripper . . . A revised and expanded version of the original Ripper, which was first published in 1994. &“Intense enough to require seatbelts.&” —Quill & Quire &“Slade knows psychos inside out.&” —Toronto Star &“Builds up to a climax almost too frantically gripping for words.&” —The Northern Echo &“A shocking insight into the psyche of the insane.&” —Canadian Lawyer