G971 Book Review of Fanny Newcomb and the Irish channel ripper by Ana Brazil
Name of Book: Fanny Newcomb and the Irish Channel Ripper Author: Ana Brazil ISBN: 9781937818630 Publisher: SHRP Sand Hill Review Press Type of book: Historical mystery, 1889, Jack the Ripper copier, personages, prostitution, kidnapping, hiding evidence, pornography, conversion, Catholics, Protestants, pictures, Reformers, prestigious personages Year it was published: 2017 Summary: Gilded Age New Orleans is overrun with prostitutes, pornographers, and a malicious Jack the Ripper copycat. As threatening letters to newspaper editors proclaim, no woman is safe from his blade. Desperate to know who murdered her favorite student, ambitious typewriting teacher Fanny Newcomb launches into a hunt for the self-proclaimed Irish Channel Ripper. Fanny quickly enlists the help of her well-connected employers--Principal Sylvia Giddings and her sister Dr. Olive--and together the women forge through saloons, cemeteries, slums, and houses of prostitution. Fanny's good inten...