Dust and Shadow : An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson (Paperback)

from brian_irons

Lyndsay Faye has done something that most authers can't accomplish: understanding and presenting a wonderful Sherlock Holms Book. Not only did she accomplish this with flying colors but she touched upon another subject that's not easy to get right: the Jack the Ripper murders. She obviouosly did ...

from passion4reading

It is August 1888, and a young woman has been stabbed to death in the warrens of Whitechapel, London, but Holmes only pays the newspaper report the most cursory interest. This changes completely when a second victim is found in the district a few weeks later, having been nearly eviscerated. Sherl...

from RubyScarlett

Outstanding. The writing is impeccable and the characters spot-on (I could tell even if I haven't read the canon, if it were as engaging as that,I would have given it another go!). The plot is intricate yet easy to follow and the conclusion utterly believable. I'm now convinced this is what happe...

from DarleneCypser

I started out skeptical because Sherlock Holmes v. the ripper has been done so many times, but Lyndsey crafts a good tale and she knows her Holmes. There were a few spots early on in the book where it sounds more like Rathbone & Bruce than Doyle's Holmes and Watson but once she gets her stride sh...

from bunwat

Fun, extremely readable, what if Holmes pursued the Ripper tale. I really liked the way she managed the task of writing a new adventure based on such well known antecedents. There's enough fidelity to Conan Doyle's characters, tone, atmosphere to feel comfortable that you are dealing with someone...