A study in crimson : Sherlock Holmes 1942 /
Harris, Robert J., 1955-
A study in crimson : Sherlock Holmes 1942 / Robert J. Harris. - First Pegasus books cloth edition. - ix, 306 pages ; 22 cm
In 1942 London, Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Watson track down a serial killer, Crimson Jack, who is murdering women on the exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888. London, 1942. A killer going by the name of "Crimson Jack" is stalking the wartime streets of London, murdering women on the exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888. Has the Ripper somehow returned from the grave? Is the self-styled Crimson Jack a descendant of the original Jack? Or merely a madman obsessed with those notorious killings? In desperation Scotland Yard turn to Sherlock Holmes, surely the one man who can sift fact from legend to track down Crimson Jack before he completes his tally of death.
9781643137582 1643137581
Holmes, Sherlock--Fiction.
Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Serial murder investigation--England--London--Fiction.
Women--Crimes against--Fiction.
Nineteen forties--Fiction.
London (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
A study in crimson : Sherlock Holmes 1942 / Robert J. Harris. - First Pegasus books cloth edition. - ix, 306 pages ; 22 cm
In 1942 London, Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Watson track down a serial killer, Crimson Jack, who is murdering women on the exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888. London, 1942. A killer going by the name of "Crimson Jack" is stalking the wartime streets of London, murdering women on the exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888. Has the Ripper somehow returned from the grave? Is the self-styled Crimson Jack a descendant of the original Jack? Or merely a madman obsessed with those notorious killings? In desperation Scotland Yard turn to Sherlock Holmes, surely the one man who can sift fact from legend to track down Crimson Jack before he completes his tally of death.
9781643137582 1643137581
Holmes, Sherlock--Fiction.
Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Serial murder investigation--England--London--Fiction.
Women--Crimes against--Fiction.
Nineteen forties--Fiction.
London (England)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.