The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D. (The Journals of John H. Watson, M.D. #0)

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Synopsis
March 1895. London. A month of strange happenings in the West End. First there is the bizarre murder of theater critic Jonathan McCarthy.

Then the lawsuit against the Marquess of Queensberry for libel; the public is scandalized. Next, the ingenue at the Savoy is discovered with her throat slashed. And a police surgeon disappears, taking two corpses with him.

Some of the theater district's most fashionable and creative luminaries have been involved: a penniless stage critic and writer named Bernard Shaw; Ellen Terry, the gifted and beautiful actress; a suspicious box office clerk named Bram Stoker; an aging matinee idol, Henry Irving; an unscrupulous publisher calling himself Frank Harris; and a controversial wit by the name of Oscar Wilde.

Scotland Yard is mystified by what appear to be unrelated cases, but to Sherlock Holmes the matter is elementary: a maniac is on the loose. His name is Jack.

Copyright:
1976

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780393351545
Related ISBNs:
9780393311532, 9780393311532
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
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Copyrighted By:
Nicholas Meyer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Nicholas Meyer

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