u003cbu003eA tour de force of storytelling. Louise Penny, #1 u003ciu003eNew York Times u003c/iu003ebestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache seriesu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eJobbs excellent storytelling makes the book a pleasure to read. u003c/bu003eu003ciu003eu003cbu003eThe New York Times Book Reviewu003c/bu003eu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals, Sherlock Holmes observed during one of his most baffling investigations. He has nerve and he has knowledge. In the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered as many as ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada, a death toll with almost no precedent. Poison was his weapon of choice. Largely forgotten today, this villain was as brazen as the notorious Jack the Ripper.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Structured around the doctors London murder trial in 1892, when he was finally brought to justice, u003ciu003eThe Case of the Murderous Dr. Creamu003c/iu003e exposes the blind trust given to medical practitioners, as well as the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials, and stifling morality of Victorian society that allowed Dr. Cream to prey on vulnerable and desperate women, many of whom had turned to him for medical help.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Dean Jobb transports readers to the late nineteenth century as Scotland Yard traces Dr. Creams life through Canada and Chicago and finally to London, where new investigative tools called forensics were just coming into use, even as most police departments still scoffed at using science to solve crimes. But then, most investigators could hardly imagine that serial killers existedthe term was unknown. As the u003ciu003eChicago Tribuneu003c/iu003e wrote, Dr. Creams crimes marked the emergence of a new breed of killer: one who operated without motive or remorse, who murdered simply for the sake of murder. For fans of Erik Larsons u003ciu003eThe Devil in the White Cityu003c/iu003e, all things Sherlock Holmes, or the podcast u003ciu003eMy Favorite Murderu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eThe Case of the Murderous Dr. Creamu003c/iu003e is an unforgettable true crime story from a master of the genre.
