<p>&lsquo;THE BEST WE CAN DO IS WONDER AND ENJOY BEING PUZZLED&rsquo;</p><p>Books on Jack the Ripper can be hard work. &nbsp;Authors have felt obliged to pack information around a chronological account of the murders. &nbsp;Participants in the events appear and reappear leaving a reader confused. &nbsp;Often an unconvincing suspect is identified. &nbsp;<br />
Light Work is different and serious, but sometimes sardonic. The story or legend of Jack the Ripper is separated into self-contained topics. &nbsp;The range within Light Work is wide and contains some surprises &ndash; London smog, music hall entertainers, Irish revolutionaries, female political radicals, a Texan serial killer, modern Jack the Ripper tours, and even a surreal visit to a lake filled with corpses.<br />
&lsquo;Light Work&rsquo; offers a fresh, independent and common sense perspective on the events in Whitechapel in 1888.&nbsp;</p>