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

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 the author

Nicholas Meyer lives in Los Angeles.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Meyer
• Assisted by: Nicholas Meyer (Editor)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1994
• EAN: 9780393311532
• ISBN: 978-0-393-31153-2
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 252 g
• Series: The Journals of John H. Watson
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense