THE WEST END HORROR

Meyer, Nicholas (editior) Watson, John H., MD (Posthumous Memoir)

ISBN 10: 0345254112 / ISBN 13: 9780345254115

Published by Ballantine Books, 1977

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Very hard to find collectible paperback book in near fine to fine condition. (see photos No creases on book, slight edge wear, indentation from glass on back cover. Cover art bright and glossy, pages are tight and clean. .*We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, please contact us for more info.**.WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.Summary - Menace stalks the renowned West End. A maniac more terrifying than Jack the Ripper is on the rampage through London's glamorous theater district. What baffles Scotland Yard is elementary to the great detective - until Holmes finds himself in the clutches of the grisly murderer!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WEST END HORROR
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345254112
• ISBN 13: 9780345254115
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery/Suspense/Murder

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Synopsis

"As authentically, irresistibly gripping as anything Conan Doyle ever wrote. . . . Don't miss it."-Cosmopolitan 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.