The mystery of Jack the Ripper haunted the queen of detective Patricia Cornwell, the American Marinina, for several years, turning into a kind of idefix. In search of clues, she acquired an entire gallery of 30 paintings by William Sickert—the famous artist who founded English Impressionism—her prime suspect. According to the writer, the heroines of the portraits were his victims. Cornwell staked not only her reputation as the queen of detective fiction, but also a considerable part of her fortune on solving the mystery that not only the best bloodhounds of Scotland Yard, but also all the luminaries of world criminology, broke their teeth on. But now, thanks to her titanic efforts, the entire enlightened world can breathe a sigh of relief - the most sinister, secretive killer in history has finally been caught red-handed.