well, i am not deri, but, my wife read the book, liked it and told me that she (cornwell) did a lot of resarch. i think she said that cornwell made a good case for who the ripper was, but, can't really be sure of that last statement. i could be recolecting something from another book since judy reads all the time. -----Original Message----- From: BG Greer, PhD To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 1/3/2003 12:31 AM Subject: Re: hearing from deri In a message dated 1/2/03 9:18:06 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: >deri, >it has been quite a bit of time since i saw a post from you. how is >everything? I second that, Deri. How are you? BTW, I am reading Patricia Cornwell, Jack the Ripper. Do you have an opinion about the Ripper? Have you heard of Cornwell's theory re: that he was Walter Sickert, the artist and actor? Bobby