| Edition |
First Pegasus books cloth edition. |
| Description |
ix, 306 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Part one: Deduction. The disappearance of Dr MacReady ; The empty room ; The trail of bread crumbs ; Concerning Mr Sherlock Holmes ; The inspector calls ; A shadow of the past ; King of the dead ; The chamber of wax ; A displaced knife ; A lineage of blood -- Part two: Investigation. The trail of the Ripper ; A meeting with an American lady ; A conversation with an English doctor ; A tale of two brothers ; Matters of light and darkness ; The torn painting ; A nightmare in ink ; Mr Deeds speaks his mind ; A trace of the phantom ; The Montenegro defence -- Part three: Justice. A council of war ; The watches of the night ; The dark labyrinth ; The devil unleashed ; Confessions by firelight ; A higher justice ; Ministers of grace ; Angels in peril ; The stranger in the mirror ; A most dangerous man ; An unexpected guest ; Terror by night ; Judgement in crimson ; Balm in Gilead. |
| Summary |
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. |
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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 |
| Subject |
Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction.
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Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Serial murder investigation -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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Women -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
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Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
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London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01172852
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Holmes, Sherlock. (OCoLC)fst01906994
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Serial murder investigation. (OCoLC)fst01113109
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Women -- Crimes against.
(OCoLC)fst01176618
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Nineteen forties. (OCoLC)fst01037793
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Fictional Work (DNLM)D022922
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Mystery fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Harris, Robert J., 1955- Study in crimson. Edinburgh : Polygon, 2020 (DLC) 2020445856 |
| ISBN |
9781643137582 (hardcover) |
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1643137581 (hardcover) |
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9781639362127 (paperback) |
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1639362126 (paperback) |
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