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Saucy Jacky: The Whitechapel Murders As Told By Jack The Ripper
Come into the East End of London, 1888. Walk the streets of Whitechapel and slums of Spitalfields, side by side with history's most notorious serial killer.
Overhear his plans, and listen - or try not to - to his secret thoughts as he waits in the shadows. Keep pace, if you have the nerve, as he stalks his victims.
Watch, if you have the stomach, as he commits his outrages. And run with him, if you're still upright, as he escapes the swarming forces of police desperate for his hide and head.
Imagining the unimaginable in this unabashed novel of terror, award-winning author Doug Lamoreux takes you inside the mind of the infamous killer who was never caught.
Discover the Whitechapel murders... as told by Jack the Ripper himself.
★★★★★ - "Truly takes you inside the mind of a ruthless killer. I enjoyed this book tremendously."
★★★★★ - "Stays true to the historical facts, but also deals with the inconsistencies that Ripper scholars have argued about for decades. Well done."
★★★★★ - "An old story written in a refreshing new way. Saucy Jacky lets us into his mind and his world. I could not put it down."
Overhear his plans, and listen - or try not to - to his secret thoughts as he waits in the shadows. Keep pace, if you have the nerve, as he stalks his victims.
Watch, if you have the stomach, as he commits his outrages. And run with him, if you're still upright, as he escapes the swarming forces of police desperate for his hide and head.
Imagining the unimaginable in this unabashed novel of terror, award-winning author Doug Lamoreux takes you inside the mind of the infamous killer who was never caught.
Discover the Whitechapel murders... as told by Jack the Ripper himself.
★★★★★ - "Truly takes you inside the mind of a ruthless killer. I enjoyed this book tremendously."
★★★★★ - "Stays true to the historical facts, but also deals with the inconsistencies that Ripper scholars have argued about for decades. Well done."
★★★★★ - "An old story written in a refreshing new way. Saucy Jacky lets us into his mind and his world. I could not put it down."
380 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 27, 2018
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About the author
Doug Lamoreux
45 books56 followersDoug is a writer, actor, and horror film historian. His newest novel, 'Saucy Jacky: The Whitechapel Murders as told by Jack the Ripper' is now available on Amazon from Creativia Publishing.
The first-ever Igor Award winner from The Horror Society, a former Pushcart Prize and Rondo Award nominee, Doug is the author of When the Tik-Tik Sings, the Amazon #1 best selling Apparition Lake, Obsidian Tears, The Devil's Bed, the Amazon #1 best selling Dracula's Demeter (2012 Lord Ruthven Award nominee), The Melting Dead, the Amazon #1 best selling Corpses Say the Darndest Things: A Nod Blake Mystery, Red Herrings Can't Swim: A Nod Blake Mystery, and Seven for the Slab: A Horror Portmanteau. He contributed to the Rondo nominee Horror 101: The A-List of Horror Films and Monster Movies, the Rondo winning follow-up Hidden Horror, Animals Attack, and the up-coming Vampires Suck.
He appeared in the horror films The Thirsting (aka Lilith) with Mickey Rooney and Tina Krause, and Hag with Ari Lehman. He starred in Peter O'Keefe's film, Infidel. His novel, Dracula's Demeter is being adapted as a feature by ThunderBall Films.
Doug drinks too much coffee. Come and tell him so on Facebook and Twitter!
The first-ever Igor Award winner from The Horror Society, a former Pushcart Prize and Rondo Award nominee, Doug is the author of When the Tik-Tik Sings, the Amazon #1 best selling Apparition Lake, Obsidian Tears, The Devil's Bed, the Amazon #1 best selling Dracula's Demeter (2012 Lord Ruthven Award nominee), The Melting Dead, the Amazon #1 best selling Corpses Say the Darndest Things: A Nod Blake Mystery, Red Herrings Can't Swim: A Nod Blake Mystery, and Seven for the Slab: A Horror Portmanteau. He contributed to the Rondo nominee Horror 101: The A-List of Horror Films and Monster Movies, the Rondo winning follow-up Hidden Horror, Animals Attack, and the up-coming Vampires Suck.
He appeared in the horror films The Thirsting (aka Lilith) with Mickey Rooney and Tina Krause, and Hag with Ari Lehman. He starred in Peter O'Keefe's film, Infidel. His novel, Dracula's Demeter is being adapted as a feature by ThunderBall Films.
Doug drinks too much coffee. Come and tell him so on Facebook and Twitter!
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February 16, 2019
The name Jack the Ripper still will bring interest to the mines of individuals today, as much as it did when he committed the murders that made him famous, back in 1888. The man would send fear across a city, if not a country, not just for the murders but the brutality of those murders. The fact after so many decades, no over a century, and there is still debate on who he was can be considered astounding. There have been plenty of television shows, movies, books, and other mediums of entertainment that have covered the man. We now to get to take a very different look at him thru the mind of author Doug Lamoreux in his book, Saucy Jacky.
Saucy Jacky will take the reader into not the gruesome crimes that where committed but dare I write this mind and what drove him. I will warn readers with squeamish stomachs Lamoreux did his research for this book. He does not spare any details on how Jack’s victims met their ends. I will also remind potential readers the book takes place in the late 1800s in London, England. A period that saw high immigration, large unemployment, and even some racial/ethnic divides. These could be prevalent in the Whitechapel district of London where the Ripper committed much of his murders.
The book opens as Jack himself is describing the sensation he, and his victim, felt as he proceeded to stab her for the first time. Yes, you read that right the book opens as Jack describes how is going about killing his first victim. Sharing with the reader his thought processes, where he got the knife, and even correcting himself as he tells the tale. He will even go as far as to promise to name himself at some point, but for now, he is Mr. ___.
Readers will get a taste of the man behind the knife, and those crimes as you continue to read the book. I will say that I am being a bit vague as I do not wish to give too much of the book away. I will just note that as you read there will be many pieces of information that will be touched on regarding Jack.
You will discover how his lodgings will play a big part in his crimes. All I will allude to here, is you have to ask yourself how can living above a now-shuttered shoe store help Jack. Mrs. Griggs, who is his landlady, will be just as helpful due to her love of sharing the daily news with Jack. A woman who is politically active who leads a group of women who call themselves Dress Reformists will all come into play in helping Jack.
There are also those individuals he works alongside in his daily job. A job that leads him to hear some great gossip from a female co-worker who is dating a policeman. This co-worker will give Jack a behind the headlines account of what the police are doing to try and capture the killer.
Saucy Jacky will go into great details on what potentially may have driven the man to commit such atrocities to these women of Whitechapel. You will learn why he selected these women, and how he was influenced by his upbringing. The interesting pieces are also what drove him to write his infamous notes to the newspapers, and police. There will be some real genius in how those were done and how, if true, would have really thrown the police off in that period. Something, for the reader, to discover as they read the book.
There will be many other insights into what may have been the mind of Jack throughout the book. As he learns about the police activities, he will share his thoughts on those coppers. There will be vigilante groups created to also capture him, and one of their leaders will get a “special” gift sent to him. There, of course, will be his commentary on the Dress Reformist meetings as well. The biggest insights will come as we get to read his reactions to how the press, during the period, covered his crimes. We will also get a sense of how he felt having the name Leather Apron given to him, and what drove him to really name himself.
Saucy Jacky is of course based on what author Doug Lamoreux gained from the research he did for this book. He involved Ripperologists, those past newspapers, their journalists and so many others he thanks in his acknowledgments. The one thing is clear if any of the thought processes utilized within this story are true to the real Jack, well it’s no surprise he was never found.
Saucy Jacky will take the reader into not the gruesome crimes that where committed but dare I write this mind and what drove him. I will warn readers with squeamish stomachs Lamoreux did his research for this book. He does not spare any details on how Jack’s victims met their ends. I will also remind potential readers the book takes place in the late 1800s in London, England. A period that saw high immigration, large unemployment, and even some racial/ethnic divides. These could be prevalent in the Whitechapel district of London where the Ripper committed much of his murders.
The book opens as Jack himself is describing the sensation he, and his victim, felt as he proceeded to stab her for the first time. Yes, you read that right the book opens as Jack describes how is going about killing his first victim. Sharing with the reader his thought processes, where he got the knife, and even correcting himself as he tells the tale. He will even go as far as to promise to name himself at some point, but for now, he is Mr. ___.
Readers will get a taste of the man behind the knife, and those crimes as you continue to read the book. I will say that I am being a bit vague as I do not wish to give too much of the book away. I will just note that as you read there will be many pieces of information that will be touched on regarding Jack.
You will discover how his lodgings will play a big part in his crimes. All I will allude to here, is you have to ask yourself how can living above a now-shuttered shoe store help Jack. Mrs. Griggs, who is his landlady, will be just as helpful due to her love of sharing the daily news with Jack. A woman who is politically active who leads a group of women who call themselves Dress Reformists will all come into play in helping Jack.
There are also those individuals he works alongside in his daily job. A job that leads him to hear some great gossip from a female co-worker who is dating a policeman. This co-worker will give Jack a behind the headlines account of what the police are doing to try and capture the killer.
Saucy Jacky will go into great details on what potentially may have driven the man to commit such atrocities to these women of Whitechapel. You will learn why he selected these women, and how he was influenced by his upbringing. The interesting pieces are also what drove him to write his infamous notes to the newspapers, and police. There will be some real genius in how those were done and how, if true, would have really thrown the police off in that period. Something, for the reader, to discover as they read the book.
There will be many other insights into what may have been the mind of Jack throughout the book. As he learns about the police activities, he will share his thoughts on those coppers. There will be vigilante groups created to also capture him, and one of their leaders will get a “special” gift sent to him. There, of course, will be his commentary on the Dress Reformist meetings as well. The biggest insights will come as we get to read his reactions to how the press, during the period, covered his crimes. We will also get a sense of how he felt having the name Leather Apron given to him, and what drove him to really name himself.
Saucy Jacky is of course based on what author Doug Lamoreux gained from the research he did for this book. He involved Ripperologists, those past newspapers, their journalists and so many others he thanks in his acknowledgments. The one thing is clear if any of the thought processes utilized within this story are true to the real Jack, well it’s no surprise he was never found.
April 7, 2022
Ripperologists are a debating bunch, so many would probably find fault with the novel. But, hey, it's a novel ... you know, fiction. Take it as such.
That said, I envy Lamoreux's precision in relating research (of which he's obviously done a ton) from the character's POV and with the characterization of Jack. I usually find first-person fiction a tough read, but this book worked well for me. I thought the development of the character was handled with skill.
In the beginning, Jack's murders were largely a mission to rid the streets of the filth that he blamed on whores. He mentions, in passing, that his mother was one, although Lamoreux doesn't delve into the psychology there (which would be highly difficult in a first-person account). But, as the story progressed, Jack became less concerned with his mission and more driven by the "game" of killing and eluding capture. Also, as the character development progressed, Jack seemed to become ever more paranoid and psychotic--and violent. I believe this was probably true of the actual Ripper.
The ending was brilliant. Highly recommended if you find Jack the Ripper fascinating. The novel won't disappoint!
That said, I envy Lamoreux's precision in relating research (of which he's obviously done a ton) from the character's POV and with the characterization of Jack. I usually find first-person fiction a tough read, but this book worked well for me. I thought the development of the character was handled with skill.
In the beginning, Jack's murders were largely a mission to rid the streets of the filth that he blamed on whores. He mentions, in passing, that his mother was one, although Lamoreux doesn't delve into the psychology there (which would be highly difficult in a first-person account). But, as the story progressed, Jack became less concerned with his mission and more driven by the "game" of killing and eluding capture. Also, as the character development progressed, Jack seemed to become ever more paranoid and psychotic--and violent. I believe this was probably true of the actual Ripper.
The ending was brilliant. Highly recommended if you find Jack the Ripper fascinating. The novel won't disappoint!
September 8, 2022
This is a book about Jack the Ripper, written from Jack’s point of view. It goes into great detail and is definitely not for the squeamish. It actually prompted me to get onto Wikipedia and find out more about this killer and his victims. Of course, we’ll never know who Saucy Jacky really was, and in this book, he had no name, he was simply “Mr. __.” This character certainly had no love for women and the word “whore” is used 269 times in the story. He had no love for the cops and Scotland Yard, either. He thought of himself as a genius who was ridding the world of filth and the cops were all stupid. I thought it was very interesting and cleverly written.
March 6, 2019
If you are a Jack the Ripper fan, this book hits all the marks. Mr. Lamoreux takes us deep into the psyche of "Saucy Jacky" as he prowls the streets of the East End of London, wreaking havoc and terrorizing the public. As you read, you'll keep thinking "It really could have been this way." Frankly, I found it more credible as a work of fiction than many of the books of theory out there. Hard to put down from start to finish, there is never a dull moment. You'll begin to, almost, empathize with Jack as he does his "work", holding your breath at times lest he be caught. The historical background is superb. The author definitely did his research and set the stage perfectly. I highly recommend this book to Jack aficionados, "true" crime enthusiasts, as well as horror fans or to anyone just looking for a fun read and a wonderful new author!
June 25, 2020
Very well researched and written
This book was extremely well researched, quoting extensively from contemporary sources. That info was worked into the fictional plot as the character reading about himself in the newspapers or overhearing the gossip of a co-worker who was dating a policeman. The motives and thought process of Jack seemed probable according to physiological research of serial killers. The author was able to present all of this very skillfully in a tale that was much more entertaining than reading a dry non-fiction account. I admit to skipping over the details of Jacky's "work" on his last victim, Mary Kelly, because I am a bit squeamish. But otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to any fans of historical fiction / Jack the Ripper buffs.
This book was extremely well researched, quoting extensively from contemporary sources. That info was worked into the fictional plot as the character reading about himself in the newspapers or overhearing the gossip of a co-worker who was dating a policeman. The motives and thought process of Jack seemed probable according to physiological research of serial killers. The author was able to present all of this very skillfully in a tale that was much more entertaining than reading a dry non-fiction account. I admit to skipping over the details of Jacky's "work" on his last victim, Mary Kelly, because I am a bit squeamish. But otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to any fans of historical fiction / Jack the Ripper buffs.
March 16, 2019
This is a fascinating, terrifying and yet compelling look into the mind of Jack the Ripper. The author manages to craft a tale from the perspective of the Ripper and weaves an interesting take on the seemingly conflicting 'facts', 'clues' and witness statements and news report etc. of the time.
A part of the story is joining the Ripper in how he develops over time and the reasons for his murders and his opinions towards others, (especially the police and women). Overall, this book of fiction feels more plausible than many of the theories over the years!
A definite chill runs through the book and the ending!
A part of the story is joining the Ripper in how he develops over time and the reasons for his murders and his opinions towards others, (especially the police and women). Overall, this book of fiction feels more plausible than many of the theories over the years!
A definite chill runs through the book and the ending!
November 20, 2019
I've read a lot of Jack the Ripper books, both fiction and nonfiction, and this is an original take on the history. Jack's story told first person. Some of it is quite plausible, and it's easy to see; with the lack of forensics or even a knowledge of how to preserve a murder scene, how Jack managed to get away with it. Parts of it I just didn't buy, and boy did the author make the British police look not untrained, or unfamiliar with this level of insanity and butchery, he made them look stupid. Not 100% fair to them. But overall a pretty good read if you are a fan of the never ending mystery of Jack the Ripper.
June 28, 2020
Meticulously researched and, despite being fiction, easily the most plausible explanation offered for this timeless mystery.
October 29, 2020
This book is well written and fairly historical correct. It was a fun glimpse into possibly how Jack the ripper thought about those he killed and his thoughts at the time. I really enjoyed it.
August 11, 2020
Brilliant read
Thoroughly good read. I have always had an interest in the material of the book, and was fascinated to read a glorious work such as this.
Thoroughly good read. I have always had an interest in the material of the book, and was fascinated to read a glorious work such as this.
May 7, 2020
What a phenomenal look into a killer's mind!! The author takes us through the Whitechapel Murders through the eyes of Mr. _ ; who won't be tricked into giving up his name. The way he explains he actions almost seems... wait, no, he is a killer! There are no acceptable reasons to do that! But maybe... No! It was chilling, horrific, addicting look into the twisted mindscape of the most famous serial killers. Who was never caught. Great read, highly recommend!
November 10, 2018
Inside the mind so vividly told!!
Enjoyed this book tremendously!! I have read several versions of Jack the Ripper but never one from the killer himself. This is not for the kind hearted, but it truly takes you inside the mind of a ruthless killer leaving you to believe every word to be true. The research done by the author is superb, very factual and precise. The ending left you to believe that its possible we have not heard the last of Jack! I can't wait to find out!!
Enjoyed this book tremendously!! I have read several versions of Jack the Ripper but never one from the killer himself. This is not for the kind hearted, but it truly takes you inside the mind of a ruthless killer leaving you to believe every word to be true. The research done by the author is superb, very factual and precise. The ending left you to believe that its possible we have not heard the last of Jack! I can't wait to find out!!
December 20, 2018
First, this was an amazing read! Second, how in the world did the author create the thoughts and emotions of Jack the Ripper from the 19th century? The details, dialogue, and description are going to pull you right into the story and scare the hell out of you, as well as make you chuckle (believe it or not) at certain moments. I felt as though I was looking through the eyes of "Saucy Jacky", which terrified me a little. This is a must read! It'll entertain you to the very end!
November 3, 2020
A wonderful read for those fascinated by the mystery of the Jack the Ripper case! Well-researched to ground the reader yet includes fun & interesting fictional flourishes. I really loved this take on things from within the mind of a murderer. Highly recommend!
June 18, 2021
As preface, I am a Ripper enthusiast(for lack of a better term) so that may color my thinking of this book. As a work of fiction it was well written and incredibly paced. The amount of correct facts of the Ripper case and the East End of London art the time are admirable. If you knew nothing of the case you could conceivably learn the basics here. The Easter eggs in the appearances of some of the Ripper suspects were a very nice touch. The ending did leave much to be desired(but only the ending). All in all a excellent read.
June 17, 2025
The identity of Jack the Ripper is revealed yet again...
Actually...
This is cleverly written from the point of view of "Jack".
Jack hates everybody equally...
An objection could be made that the language is too modern, and some small glitches.
So, who is it this time?
That would be telling.
Not one of the classical ones.
I got a suspicion early on, and it seems to me that I was right.
Actually...
This is cleverly written from the point of view of "Jack".
Jack hates everybody equally...
An objection could be made that the language is too modern, and some small glitches.
So, who is it this time?
That would be telling.
Not one of the classical ones.
I got a suspicion early on, and it seems to me that I was right.
August 21, 2019
Creepy jack
Good first person narration. Kind of slow in the middle of the book. Great gory ending.tried to keep historically correct.
Good first person narration. Kind of slow in the middle of the book. Great gory ending.tried to keep historically correct.
April 15, 2021
Yikes. Good but creepy read, as should be; Saucy Jacky without creepy wouldn’t be Jack.
August 28, 2021
Really good !
Very real you feel jack right at your throat ! Highly recommend to the ripper fans .don’t miss this page turner!
Very real you feel jack right at your throat ! Highly recommend to the ripper fans .don’t miss this page turner!
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