Dean W. Jobb
Auteur de The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
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Dean Jobb is an award-winning writer and the author of Empire of Deception, which won the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award and was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Nonfiction Prize. Dean writes a monthly true crime column for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and he is a afficher plus professor of journalism and a member of the faculty of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction Program at the University of Kings College in Halifax. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Dean W. Jobb
The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer (2022) 265 exemplaires
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation (2015) 210 exemplaires
Daring, Devious and Deadly: True Tales of Crime and Justice from Nova Scotia's Past (2020) 4 exemplaires
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The case of the murderous Dr. Cream : the hunt for a… par Dean Jobb
Very well researched and told with enough Detail to read like a story. The way the Dr. repeatedly gets away with things due to his superior social and economic status versus the status of his victims and witnesses would seem like an indictment of England, Canada and the US in Victorian times, if anything had changed since then. Instead, it’s a reminder of problems that still exist
Intersting story of a very successful con man. Well researched and fairly comprehensive. The only thing I wished for was more insight into what Leo really thought as he went through the whole process. Reminiscent of music man, at times
The protagonist is a very interesting figure. Alleged doctor by trade, inexplicably Cream devoted his efforts towards poisoning various prostitutes and lower income women (and one man) for reasons never entirely clear. Perhaps he simply enjoyed the sufferings of others. At least with his male victim, it appears he was attempting to profit along with the victim's wife in the death. So too with his various amateurish extortion attempts. Writing letters that accuse others of crimes is one thing. Containing information within those letters that could only be known by the perpetrator is simply foolish.
While the character is interesting, the book itself felt a bit disjointed and could be difficult to follow. What could have been a very compelling read simply wasn't.… (plus d'informations)
While the character is interesting, the book itself felt a bit disjointed and could be difficult to follow. What could have been a very compelling read simply wasn't.… (plus d'informations)
I listened to this as an audiobook in my car. The narrator, whether deliberate or not, had a tone that seemed aloof.
It's set in a time when it was easier to change one's identity, easier to disappear to a different area--and apparently easier to get a medical license without the new jurisdiction checking why you moved from your former location.
Due to many aliases, I lost track of what Dr. Cream's real name actually was.
It's set in a time when it was easier to change one's identity, easier to disappear to a different area--and apparently easier to get a medical license without the new jurisdiction checking why you moved from your former location.
Due to many aliases, I lost track of what Dr. Cream's real name actually was.
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