P.D. James, T.A. Critchley: The Maul and the Pear Tree

From the Publisher:
In 1811 John Williams was buried with a stake through his heart. Was he the notorious East End killer or the eighth victim in the bizarre and shocking Ratcliffe Highway murders? Drawing on contemporary records and newspaper cuttings, for example, the authors make a reconstruction of events.

P.D. James, T.A. Critchley: The Maul and the Pear Tree. Faber and Faber, ISBN: 0571202829 (November, 2000), 274 p., £8.99