The West End Horror - (The Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.) by Nicholas Meyer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Selling two million copies in earlier editions, this is the second of the rediscovered Sherlock Holmes adventures. "Acquired" from a widow whose husband was descended from the distaff side of Holmes's family, this mystery finds Holmes solving a double murder in London's theater district. "Don't miss it".--Cosmopolitan.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A pleasant entertainment.--Newgate Callendar "New York Times"<br><br>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"<br><br>I hope Nicholas Meyer never stops writing Sherlock Holmes pastiches because he does it so much better than anyone else.-- "The New Republic"<br><br>Ingenious and persuasive.-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"<br>
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