Patricia Cornwell's Portrait Of A Killer: Case Closed

Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed by Patricia Cornwell tells the story of Jack the Ripper and the story of who she thinks committed the crimes. Jack the Ripper was the self-given name of a serial killer during the late 1800s. Jack brutally slayed five known suspects, but many more deaths may have been because of him. Walter Sickert, an English artist, is Jack the Ripper according to Cornwell. In Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed the story is told from the author; The purpose for this story is too inform about who Cornwell believes is the Ripper now that Cornwell has completed her research. The speaker in Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed is none other than the author, Patricia Cornwell.
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In this sentence Cornwell uses the word, I, indicating that she is speaking in the first person. The speaker`s, Patricia Cornwell, credibility is established by being an accomplished and decorated author. Cornwell establishes herself once again in this novel by providing specific dates, details and DNA testing. Those things help to factually validate her research. Patricia Cornwell is the speaker in Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed who establishes her credibility by providing factual information. The claim in this novel is that Walter Sickert is Jack the Ripper. This is revealed essentially on every page. Cornwell goes into extreme detail about how Walter is the Ripper. She explains the striking similarities between Sickert art and the crime scenes. She runs DNA test that lead to Sickert being the Ripper. Cornwell even blatantly says that Sickert was a murderer: “Serial killers keep killing. Sickert kept killing” (351). In Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper – Case Closed Patricia Cornwell claims that Walter Sickert was Jack the