John Rigbey

The Strange Michael Folmer Affair John Rigbey

Following the murder of a prostitute inLondon's East End Detective Chief Inspector Mike Gregory of New Scotland Yardis deputed to investigate what seems to be the emergence of a crazed killerbent on emulating the crimes of nineteenth century Jack the Ripper. With his marriage failing and plagued withself-doubt, Gregory pits his wits against the serial killer but when thefingerprints on a letter sent by the murderer appear to match those of a manhanged for murdering a prostitute almost fifty years earlier the enquiry takesand bizarre and unprecedented turn. As he pieces together the fragile threadsof the case, you will follow Gregory through the sewers of Victorian London tothe West End of the fifties and into the present day, culminating with theshocking and grisly final attempt of the killer to replicate the last murder ofhis sickening 1888 predecessor. An essential read for"Ripperologists" and all devotees of crime fiction, "Folmer" is an intriguingand fascinating tale of a modern serial murderer, and as well as examining theVictorian crimes and the sordid underbelly of 1950's Soho, the reader isafforded a fascinating close-up view as the murderer descends into madness.