The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Whitechapel Horrors

The Whitechapel Horrors, with its spellbinding story and atmospheric prose, is the best new Holmes adventure since Seven-Per-Cent Solution. Here Hanna imagines the characters anew, while maintaining the integrity of Conan Doyle's originals. Grotesque murders are being committed on the streets of Whitechapel. Sherlock Holmes comes to believe the murders are the skillful work of one man, a man who earns the gruesome epithet of Jack the Ripper. As the investigation proceeds, Holmes realizes that the true identity of the Ripper puts much more at stake than merely catching a killer - the most fundamental British institutions may very well be threatened. He is faced with the most difficult decision he has ever made, a crisis of conscience that shakes him to his very core. Holmes must decide where his allegiance truly lies - with his code of honor as a detective and champion of justice, or with his strong feelings of patriotism and love of England. Hanna vividly evokes the atmosphere of Victorian London in all its great and sordid details: the gaslight lamps and hansom cabs, the rain in the streets, the smell of poverty, the people and their language, dress, and habits. The Whitechapel Horrors is vintage Holmes, a ripping good mystery worthy of the great detective and his eminent creator. You're sure to feel as though you are in the actual presence of the great sleuth, himself, and you will delight in this wonderful addition to the Watson chronicles. Grotesque murders are being committed on the streets of Whitechapel. Sherlock Holmes comes to believe they are the skilful work of one man, a man who earns the gruesome epithet of Jack the Ripper. As the investigation proceeds, Holmes realizes that the true identity of the Ripper puts much more at stake than just catching a killer� Review "The Whitechapel Horrors is at once romantic, mysterious, gothic and psychological." - The New York Times" About the Author Edward B. Hanna was a distinguished producer, writer and executive whose work won him many of broadcast journalism�s highest honors, including the Overseas Press Club Award, several Emmys and four Peabody Awards. Hanna was a long-time Sherlock Holmes buff, and a member of the Baker Street Irregulars. Sadly, he passed away in 2008.