THE MULTI AWARDWINNING NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES Top Ten Best True Crime book Groundbreaking. ExtraordinaryTerrific Ian RankinGripping NEW YORK TIMESAt last the Rippers victims get a voice... An eloquent stirring challenge to reject the prevailing Ripper myth MAIL ON SUNDAYWINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONPolly Annie Elizabeth Catherine and MaryJane are famous for the same thing though they never met.They came from Fleet Street Knightsbridge Wolverhampton Sweden and Wales. They wrote ballads ran coffee houses lived on country estates they breathed inkdust from printing presses and escaped peopletraffickers.What they had in common was the year of their murders 1888.Their murderer was never identified but the name created for him by the press has become far more famous than any of these five women.Now in this devastating narrative of five lives historian Hallie Rubenhold finally sets the record straight and gives these women back their stories.PRAISE FOR THE FIVEDevastatingly good. The Five will leave you in tears of pity and of rage. LUCY WORSLEYFascinating compelling moving. BRIDGET COLLINS author of The BindingAn angry and important work of historical detection calling time on the misogyny that has fed the Ripper myth. Powerful and shaming. GUARDIANHaunting SUNDAY TIMESWhat a brilliant and necessary book JO BAKER author of LongbournBeautifully written and with the grip of a thriller it will open your eyes and break your heart. ERIN KELLYAn outstanding work of historyfrombelow ... magnificent SPECTATORDeeply researched THE NEW YORKERNOW BUY THE BRAND NEW WORK BY HALLIE RUBENHOLD STORY OF A MURDER