The Last Sherlock Holmes Story Author:Michael Dibdin The world's greatest detective vs. the world's greatest criminal: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper — London 1888: Maniac Stalks Whitechapel! — Three female paupers of dubious morals are gruesomely murdered. Their corpses are horribly mutilated. Instantly, London is thrust into a state of terror. A monstrous ghoul is prowling the night, ... more »untouchable by Scotland Yard.
Baffled and desperate, the Yard turns to Sherlock Holmes. Holmes challenges this diabolical adversary in the most extraordinary case of his career.« less
A plot I kept hoping was more complex than it was, and it turned out not to be. The book could have been about fifty pages shorter and attained the same point.