Showing results for "Jack The Ripper" in Crime Fiction

Of the real-life serial killers whose gruesome acts have been splashed across headlines, none has reached the mythical status of Jack the Ripper. In the Ripper's wake, terror swept through the streets of London's East End in the fall of 1888. As quickly as his nightmarish reign came, Saucy Jack vanished without a trace - leaving future generations to speculate upon his identity and whereabouts. He was diabolical in a way never seen before - a killer who taunted the police, came up with his own legendary monikers, and, ultimately, got away with his heinous crimes.

When the body of convicted serial killer Jacob Spears, AKA the 'Essex Ripper' is found, hanged outside the walls of onetime Newgate Prison, DI Declan Walsh and the team of the Last Chance Saloon find themselves in a race against time—as they hunt a vicious vigilante, targeting serial killers, and leaving a trail of executed bodies at locations connected to London's violent capital punishment past.

Der Polizeipräsident persönlich bittet Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe. Eine schreckliche Mordserie hält die Londoner Bevölkerung in Atem. Jack the Ripper tötet und verstümmelt Frauen auf bestialische Art und Weise, während die Polizei keinen Schritt weiterkommt. Holmes erste Recherchen führen den Detektiv in eine Opiumhöhle. Ein weiterer Mord lässt nicht lange auf sich warten. Doch die Spuren verdichten sich und lassen bald nur noch auf einen einzigen Täter schließen.