The Ripper's Wife
by Brandy Purdy
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Pub Date Oct 28 2014 | Archive Date Mar 04 2016
Kensington Books | Kensington
Description
A suspenseful, spellbinding novel of love, jealousy, and murder, The Ripper's Wife reimagines the most notorious serial killer in history through the eyes of the woman who sealed his fate.
"Love makes sane men mad and can turn a gentle man into a fiend."
It begins as a fairytale romance--a shipboard meeting in 1880 between vivacious Southern belle Florence Chandler and handsome English cotton broker James Maybrick. Courtship and a lavish wedding soon follow, and the couple settles into an affluent Liverpool suburb.
From the first, their marriage is doomed by lies. Florie, hardly the heiress her scheming mother portrayed, is treated as an outsider by fashionable English society. James's secrets are infinitely darker--he has a mistress, an arsenic addiction, and a vicious temper. But Florie has no inkling of her husband's depravity until she discovers his diary--and in it, a litany of bloody deeds. . .
"Love makes sane men mad and can turn a gentle man into a fiend."
It begins as a fairytale romance--a shipboard meeting in 1880 between vivacious Southern belle Florence Chandler and handsome English cotton broker James Maybrick. Courtship and a lavish wedding soon follow, and the couple settles into an affluent Liverpool suburb.
From the first, their marriage is doomed by lies. Florie, hardly the heiress her scheming mother portrayed, is treated as an outsider by fashionable English society. James's secrets are infinitely darker--he has a mistress, an arsenic addiction, and a vicious temper. But Florie has no inkling of her husband's depravity until she discovers his diary--and in it, a litany of bloody deeds. . .
Advance Praise
“Purdy’s story has suspense, complex characters, and the requisite gore of a recycled Ripper.” – Publishers Weekly
“Purdy takes the supposition that Jack the Ripper was really English cotton merchant James Maybrick and turns it into a gripping story of a man’s descent into madness and a woman’s emotional journey to murder. Purdy slowly lures the reader into these characters’ minds in a dark and compelling way as they fall into depression, drug addiction, unhappiness and violence. Fascinating reading for anyone intrigued by Jack the Ripper.”– RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780758288899 |
| PRICE | $15.00 (USD) |
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