The West End Horror
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The West End Horror

A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.

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eBook - ePub

The West End Horror

A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.

About this book

New York Times Bestseller
"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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Introductory
  6. 1. Sherlock Holmes in Residence
  7. 2. An Invitation to Investigate
  8. 3. The Business at South Crescent
  9. 4. Concerning Bunthorne
  10. 5. The Lord of Life
  11. 6. The Second Murder
  12. 7. Assaulted
  13. 8. Mama, the Crab, and Others
  14. 9. Sullivan
  15. 10. The Man with Brown Eyes
  16. 11. Theories and Charges
  17. 12. The Parsee and Porkpie Lane
  18. 13. The Missing Policeman
  19. 14. The West End Horror
  20. 15. Jack Point
  21. Epilogue
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. Praise for THE WEST END HORROR
  24. Also by Nicholas Meyer
  25. About the Book
  26. Copyright