By Lyndsay Faye

Following within the footsteps of such crime writers as Ellery Queen and Michael Dibdin, Faye pits Sherlock Holmes opposed to Jack the Ripper in her notable if fallacious debut. within the autumn of 1888, the savage slaughter of 2 prostitutes in London's East finish piques Holmes's interest. Inspector Lestrade, no idiot in Faye's rendering, calls at the unconventional sleuth for aid. because the killer keeps to assert extra sufferers, the Baker road duo spare no attempt to deliver the Ripper to justice. in the meantime, a disreputable journalist accuses Holmes of being the Ripper. the writer makes use of a powerful Watsonian voice to provide models of Holmes and his chronicler devoted to the originals. whereas the paucity of suspects makes guessing the killer's id too effortless and the purpose for the crimes is under convincing, Sherlockians will desire to work out extra pastiches of this caliber from Faye.

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