num_pages: 176
description: March 1895. London. A month of strange happenings in the West End. First there is the bizarre murder of theater critic Jonathan McCarthy. Then the lawsuit against the Marquess of Queensberry for libel; the public is scandalized. Next, the ingenue at the Savoy is discovered with her throat slashed. And a police surgeon disappears, taking two corpses with him.Some of the theater district's most fashionable and creative luminaries have been involved: a penniless stage critic and writer named Bernard Shaw; Ellen Terry, the gifted and beautiful actress; a suspicious box office clerk named Bram Stoker; an aging matinee idol, Henry Irving; an unscrupulous publisher calling himself Frank Harris; and a controversial wit by the name of Oscar Wilde.Scotland Yard is mystified by what appear to be unrelated cases, but to Sherlock Holmes the matter is elementary: a maniac is on the loose. His name is Jack.
language: English
title: The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.
titlecomplete: The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D. (The Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.)
characters: Richard D'Oyly Carte, Oscar Wilde, Ellen Terry, Arthur Sullivan, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, Henry Irving, W.S. Gilbert, George Bernard Shaw, Stanley Hopkins, Bram Stoker
genres: Detective, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Historical Mystery, Crime, Victorian, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 4319
places: London, England, United Kingdom
series: Sherlock Holmes Pastiche by Nicholas Meyer
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company