Woman At The Devil S Door

Discover the haunting, untold true story of Mary Eleanor Pearcey, whose crimes inspired speculation that Jack the Ripper was a woman. Woman at the Devil's Door is a thrilling look at a notorious murderer and the webs she wove.

The true story of a woman in Victorian London who murdered her lover’s wife—and how her crime led some to believe she was Jack the Ripper. On October 24, 1890, a woman was discovered on a pile of rubbish in Hampstead, North London. Her arms were lacerated and her face bloodied; her head was severed from her body save a few sinews. Later that day, a blood-soaked stroller was found leaning against a residential gate, and the following morning the dead body of a baby was found hidden underneath a nettle bush. So began the chilling story of the Hampstead Tragedy. Eventually, Scotland Yard knocked on the door of No. 2 Priory Street, home to Mary Eleanor Pearcey, the pretty 24-year-old mistress whose dying request was as bizarre and mysterious as her life. Woman at the Devil’s Door is a thrilling look at this notorious murderer and the webs she wove.

"On October 24, 1890 a clerk finds a dead woman in the middle of the road, her arms lacerated, her face bloodied, windpipe and ligaments cut clean through. Later that night, a constable finds a bloody pram leaning against a residential gate, and the following morning, a hawker finds a dead baby hidden underneath a nettle bush. Eventually the police connect the corpse to the pram and the baby, and, shockingly arrest a 24-year-old courtesean named Mary Eleanor Pearcey. Thus begins the story of the Hampstead Tragedy. Woman at the Devil's Door is the meticulously researched and expertly told story of one of England's most sensational crimes and first-rate murderesses."--Author's website.

"Wilford and Patricia Lewine gather their immediate family in Tasmania to attend the Winter Olympics to watch as their beloved step-granddaughter, Camie, competes in the figure skating event. They never suspect that they're walking into a nefarious terriorist plot to kidnap Camie and ten medal winners from the downhill skiing competition, held at a spot known locally as the "Devil's Door." As the terrorists begin to put their deadly plan into effect, the youngest Lewine, Trinity, mysteriously disappears, causing the Lewine family great turmoil"--Publisher's blurb

1140 Anno Domini: A wealthy countess lies dying at the Convent of the Paraclete, brutally beaten by unknown assailants. Despite entreaties, she is unwilling to name her killer. Beautiful Catherine LeVendeur, the Paraclete's most learned young novice-scholar, vows to find out the identity of the woman's attacker. When her beloved Edgar comes to lead her from the convent to a life of the flesh, Catherine is torn between her quest for justice and the pledge she made him. Catherine doesn't want to break any of the vows she's made-and if she abandons her crusade for the truth, others will die, and the convent she loves may be destroyed... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Tension mounts and an air of violence sweeps through a seventeenth-century English village as Sir Laurence Linley prepares for his daughter's wedding, and one woman's hysterical outburst is followed by a frenzied reign of terror

"A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen. "[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow." —SLJ, starred review "Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —Booklist Winner of the National Jewish Book Award An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"