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Hunter, Stephen.
I, Ripper : a novel / Stephen Hunter. — First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Contents
Epigraph
Part I: Tiger, Tiger
Chapter One: The Diary
Chapter Two: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Three: The Diary
Chapter Four: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Five: The Diary
Chapter Six: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Seven: The Diary
Chapter Eight: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Nine: The Diary
Chapter Ten: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Eleven: The Diary
Chapter Twelve: Jeb’s Memoir
Part II: Burning Bright
Chapter Thirteen: The Diary
Chapter Fourteen: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Fifteen: The Diary
Chapter Sixteen: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Seventeen: The Diary
Chapter Eighteen: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Nineteen: The Diary
Chapter Twenty: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Twenty-One: The Diary
Chapter Twenty-Two: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Diary
Chapter Twenty-Four: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Diary
Chapter Twenty-Six: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Diary
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Diary
Chapter Thirty: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Thirty-One: The Diary
Chapter Thirty-Two: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Thirty-Three: The Diary
Chapter Thirty-Four: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Thirty-Five: The Diary
Chapter Thirty-Six: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Diary
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Diary
Chapter Forty: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Forty-One: The Diary
Chapter Forty-Two: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Forty-Three: The Diary
Chapter Forty-Four: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Forty-Five: Jeb’s Memoir
Part III: In the Forests of the Night
Chapter Forty-Six: Jeb’s Memoir
Chapter Forty-Seven: Jeb’s Memoir
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Bibliography