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Suffocating Suspense

Richard Davenport-Hines

  • Cult Criminals: The Newgate Novels 1830-47 by Juliet John

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Richard Davenport-Hines has written the entries on Jack the Ripper and other serial killers for the New Dictionary of National Biography. The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics 1500-2000 was published in 2001.

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