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'Whitechapel' is a great new novel by Ian Porter. The story is set against the backcloth of the Ripper murders and poses the question 'Can the ends ever justify the most terrible of means?' This is a gripping story which creates a vivid picture of the East End of London in the late nineteenth century. Anyone interested in finding out more, including upcoming author talks and an excerpt from the book, can visit: www.whitechapelnovel.com

I am teaching counterfeiting to law enforcement, and am interested in making contact with, or getting a message to, Mark Yarry. He was the person that assisted in the arrest of the 'Magician'. If anyone can be of help, please contact me on : wdb15@yahoo.com. Thank you.

For those of you who are interested in murders in the early part of the 1900', I have released my new book, How Did They Die? Murders in Northern Texas 1892-1927. True murder and murder/suicide stories in the Northern Texas area. I am already working on a second book. Check out my website for more details. Julie Coley http://genealogy.wehaveneatstuff.com/category/21351908541/1/How-Did-They-Die-Murders-In.htm

I am very happy to announce that I have released, free to the public, a book of epic size upon Jack the Ripper. It tells the story of the murders in relation to my suspect, Francis Thompson. Although I am promoting this work as a piece of fiction it is almost entirely based on evidentiary sources. Chapters two to five, apart from a few asides, are exclusively upon the murders and provide a comprehensive chronological account of the crimes. Not only does it untangle a great deal of material, it also presents some new information. As an account of the murders I feel that it is quite quintessential and will prove beneficial to many Ripperologists. I guess, since new information is always turning up, it is still a work in progress, so any feedback, such as perceived errors or ways in which it might otherwise be improved, would be helpful. The book, 'The Story of Jack the Ripper - A Paradox' can be downloaded as a PDF document from this link : http://www.geocities.com/rapatterson17/paradox.html. Richard Patterson.

Readers might be interested in the 2nd edition of my book "Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys". Published in July 2007m by Humana Press. I was also the individual who put together the DNA project on the 1910 Crippen case, that proved the evidence used to convict Crippen was not that of his wife. Therefore, there is no evidence that he killed her. She must now be moved from "murdered" to "missing", and Crippen has to be moved from "guilty", to "not proven guilty"!