Lestrade and the Ripper - Couverture rigide

Trow, M. J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0333474848 ISBN 13 : 9780333474846

Editeur : Macmillan, 1988

Synopsis

August 1988 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Jack the Ripper's first victim. In a re-examination of one of England's greatest mysteries, the author takes a new look at the evidence through the eccentric skills of Inspector Lestrade.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the year 1888, London is horrified by a series of brutal killings. All the victims are discovered in the same district, Whitechapel, and all are prostitutes. But they aren’t the only murders to perplex the brains of Scotland Yard; in Brighton, psychical researcher Edmund Gurney is also found dead.

Foremost among the Yard’s top men is the young Inspector Sholto Lestrade and it is to his lot that the unsolved cases of a deceased colleague fall; cases that include the murder of Martha Tabram, formerly a prostitute from Whitechapel – and the death of Gurney.

Leaving no stone unturned, Lestrade investigates with his customary expertise and follows the trail to the minor public school of Rhadegund Hall. It is his intention to question the Reverend Algernon Spooner. What he finds is murder.

As the Whitechapel murders increase in number, so do those at the school. What is the connection between them all? To add to his troubles, Lestrade is hampered by the parallel investigations of that great detective Sherlock Holmes. Who is the murderer of Rhadegund, and is he also the man they call Jack?

‘Barrowloads of nineteenth century history… If you like your humour chirpy, you’ll find this sings.’
Daily Telegraph

Biographie de l'auteur

M J Trow is a crime writer, historian and biographer who for many years doubled as a history teacher. Now retired, he is the author of three successful crime fiction series – Lestrade, Maxwell and Kit Marlowe, the latest written in collaboration with his wife. He lives in the Isle of Wight, and as well as writing lectures on cruise ships has appeared many times on television in historical and crime documentaries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333474848
• ISBN 13: 9780333474846
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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