The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D. - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525231021 ISBN 13: 9780525231028

Publisher: E. P. Dutton, 1976

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicholas Meyer lives in Los Angeles.

Review:

“Ingenious and persuasive.”
- Philadelphia Inquirer

“Beguiling and convincing entertainment, an audacious novelty that should set members of the Baker Street Irregulars and even less fanatical collectors of Holmes to dancing.”
- San Francisco Chronicle

“I hope Nicholas Meyer never stops writing Sherlock Holmes pastiches because he does it so much better than anyone else.”
- The New Republic

About this edition

• Publisher: E. P. Dutton
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0525231021
• ISBN 13: 9780525231028
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: Nicholas Meyer