| Description |
288 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"Physician Arthur Conan Doyle takes a break from his practice to assist London police in tracking down Jack the Ripper. September 1888. A twenty-nine-year-old Arthur Conan Doyle practices medicine by day and writes at night. His first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, although gaining critical and popular success, has only netted him twenty-five pounds. Embittered by the experience, he vows never to write another "crime story." Then a messenger arrives with a mysterious summons from former Prime Minister William Gladstone, asking him to come to London immediately. Once there, he is offered one month's employment to assist the Metropolitan Police as a "consultant" in their hunt for the serial killer soon to be known as Jack the Ripper. Doyle agrees on the stipulation his old professor of surgery, Professor Joseph Bell--Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes--agrees to work with him. Bell agrees, and soon the two are joined by Miss Margaret Harkness, an author residing in the East End who knows how to use a Derringer and serves as their guide and companion. Pursuing leads through the dank alleys and courtyards of Whitechapel, they come upon the body of a savagely murdered fifth victim. Soon it becomes clear that the hunters have become the hunted when a knife-wielding figure approaches"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"Physician Arthur Conan Doyle takes a break from his practice to assist London police in tracking down Jack the Ripper"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Fiction.
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Jack, the Ripper -- Fiction.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. (OCoLC)fst01802123
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Jack, the Ripper. (OCoLC)fst00319798
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Physicians -- Fiction.
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Serial murderers -- Fiction.
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Physicians. (OCoLC)fst01062841
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Serial murderers. (OCoLC)fst01113110
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| Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Harper, Bradley, 1951- Knife in the fog. Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, 2018 9781633884878 (DLC) 2018019554 |
| ISBN |
9781633884861 (paperback) |
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1633884864 (paperback) |
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