Ripper (2012)
“Vincent’s, newspapers lay in a staggered pile on a small metal table next to Hawking’s bed. The headlines were visible at a glance.
The New York Times allowed itself an unusually sensational headline: KILLER STRIKES AGAIN.
The Sun had the more poetic: FEAR STALKS OUR STREETS.
The Tribune, the mysterious: WHO IS THE LIBRARY KILLER?
But the Journal outdid them all with just three words that took up the entire page: DEVIL IN MANHATTAN!
Hawking’s clothes hung from a hook by the door, gray as his sk...in. A black wall clock signaled noon was near. The only color Carver saw was a fallen rose petal on the floor, looking like a splotch of blood.
The bouquet it was from belonged to an older woman, one of six patients moved when Emeril ordered the room be made private. Hawking’s sudden fame as the only witness to the killer’s work had also earned him police guards and a mob of reporters. Emeril explained he was also keenly worried about exposing Hawking to the cholera and typhoid common here.MoreLess
The New York Times allowed itself an unusually sensational headline: KILLER STRIKES AGAIN.
The Sun had the more poetic: FEAR STALKS OUR STREETS.
The Tribune, the mysterious: WHO IS THE LIBRARY KILLER?
But the Journal outdid them all with just three words that took up the entire page: DEVIL IN MANHATTAN!
Hawking’s clothes hung from a hook by the door, gray as his sk...in. A black wall clock signaled noon was near. The only color Carver saw was a fallen rose petal on the floor, looking like a splotch of blood.
The bouquet it was from belonged to an older woman, one of six patients moved when Emeril ordered the room be made private. Hawking’s sudden fame as the only witness to the killer’s work had also earned him police guards and a mob of reporters. Emeril explained he was also keenly worried about exposing Hawking to the cholera and typhoid common here.MoreLess
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