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

MEYER, Nicholas, edited by

ISBN 10: 0525231021 / ISBN 13: 9780525231028

Edité par E.P. Dutton, New York, 1976

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First edition. Octavo. 222pp. Spine cocked, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a bit of light age-toning.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.
• Éditeur: E.P. Dutton, New York
• Date de parution: 1976
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0525231021
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780525231028
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Book by Meyer Nicholas

Présentation de l'éditeur

"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.