Solution to the

Ripper-letter

in Falconetti’s Secret Well

By Erik Gos

The goal of the puzzle

The goal of the puzzle is to create a list of books at the
page to the right of the list of available books. In order
to do this correctly you only need the letter from the Ripper
at the first two pages of the book. Each sentence (more or
less) correlates in some way with a book title. Compiling the
list in the correct order will give you a recording of the
last Ripper-game that was played.

The original letter from the Ripper as appearing in the book

The available book titles :

• The VR-Living Complete Book of Home Repair
  
• Earn Thousands as a VR Data Angel
  
• Vandelay’s Thesaurus
  
• The Marquis De Sade, Nobility Misunderstood
  
• The Open Road, A History of 20th Century Auto Racing
  
• Phoenix, Phact or Phiction
  
• Macbeth, A Tragedy
  
• Topical Agents For The Treatment of Hemorrhaging
  
• Slasher Slayings and Their Societal Ramifications
  
• Short Excursions into VR Role Playing
  
• Epileptic Reactions To VR Environments
  
• Rabbi T.S. Foote, A Biography
  
• World War III, A Popular History
  
• The Duchess In The Clock Tower
  
• Keeping Sharp, A Cutlery Collector’s Bible
  
• The Neo Nem Age, Tearing Down The Myths
  
• Virtual Fly Fishing, Always A Hatch To Match
  
• Tales of Horror from Edgar Allen Poe
  
• Deficit Spending In The Late 20th Century
  
• Van Gough, a Psychological Study
  

The letter can be split up in the following sentences :

1. I keep hearing the police have caught me but
   they wont fix me just yet.
   
2. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk of
   being on the right track.
   
3. That joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits.
   
4. I am down on whores and shant quit ripping them till
   I do get buckled.
   
5. Grand work the last job was.
   
6. I gave the lady no time to squeal.
   
7. How can they catch me now.
   
8. I love my work and want to start again.
   
9. You will soon hear of my funny little games.
   
10. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a ginger beer
    bottle over the last job to write with but it went thick
    like glue and I cant use it.
    
11. Red ink is fit enough ha ha.
    
12. The next job I do I shall clip the Lady’s ears off
    and send them to the police officers just for jolly
    wouldnt you.
    
13. Keep this letter back till I do a bit work, then give it
    out straight. My knife is nice and sharp I want to get to
    work right away if I get a chance.
    
14. Good luck.
    

This results in the following selection of books (in the
specified order) :

1. The VR-Living Complete Book of Home Repair
   
2. The Open Road, A History of 20th Century Auto Racing
   
3. Epileptic Reactions To VR Environments
   
4. The NEO New Age, Tearing Down The Myths
   
5. Earn Thousands as a VR Data Angel
   
6. The Duchess In The Clock Tower
   
7. Virtual Fly Fishing, Always A Hatch To Match
   
8. Phoenix, Phact or Phiction?
   
9. Short Excursions into VR Role Playing
   
10. Topical Agents For The Treatment of Hemhorrhaging
    
11. Deficit Spending In The Late 20th Century
    
12. Van Gough, A Psychological Study
    
13. Keeping Sharp, A Cutlery Collector’s Bible
    
14. Rabbi T.S. Foote, A Biography
    

That’s it, Folks !!!