{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-murderous-dr-cream-the-hunt-for-a-victorian-era-serial-killer-9781643752501","title":"The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA true crime page-turner about a Victorian doctor, a serial killer ahead of his time, using poison for an international murder spree that kept ahead of the burgeoning field of forensics. \"A tour de force of storytelling.\" --Louise Penny, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache series \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the 2022 \u003cb\u003eCrimeCon True Crime Book of the Year​ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Longlisted for the American Library Association's Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss Dean Jobb's \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue, \u003c\/i\u003e coming June 25, 2024!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Structured around the doctor's London murder trial in 1892, when he was finally brought to justice, \u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dean Jobb transports readers to the late nineteenth century as Scotland Yard traces Dr. Cream's 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 existed--the term was unknown. As the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e wrote, Dr. Cream's 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 Larson's \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e, all things Sherlock Holmes, or the podcast \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable true crime story from a master of the genre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Jobb's excellent storytelling makes the book a pleasure to read.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJobb, Dean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDean Jobb\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and journalist and a professor at the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program. He is the author of eight previous books, including \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Deception\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e called \"intoxicating and impressively researched\" and the Chicago Writers Association named the Nonfiction Book of the Year. Jobb has written for major newspapers and magazines, including the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, Toronto's \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes a monthly true-crime column, \"Stranger Than Fiction,\" for \u003ci\u003eEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. His work as an investigative reporter has been nominated for Canada's National Newspaper and National Magazine awards, and Jobb is a three-time winner of Atlantic Canada's top journalism award. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628897341714,"sku":"9781643752501","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b125210-7fc9-4802-bd30-baa2361bf0bc.jpg?v=1732712630","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-murderous-dr-cream-the-hunt-for-a-victorian-era-serial-killer-9781643752501","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}