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In Dust and Shadow, Sherlock Holmes hunts down Jack the Ripper with impeccably accurate historical detail, rooting the Whitechapel investigation in the fledgling days of tabloid journalism and clinical psychology. This astonishing debut explores the terrifying prospect of hunting down one of the world's first serial killers without the advantage of modern forensics or profiling. Sherlock's desire to stop the killer who is terrifying the East End of London is unwavering from the start, and in an effort to do so he hires an "unfortunate" known as Mary Ann Monk, the friend of a fellow…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2009Simon & Schuster · 336 pages · 9781416583318
- Hardcover · English · 2009Simon & Schuster · 336 pages · 9781416583301
- Other · English · 2009Simon & Schuster, Limited · 352 pages · 9781416583622
HistorySerial murder investigationSerial murderersFictionFiction, mystery & detective, historicalCrime, fictionPastiche









