Ashes and shadow: Lindsay Fay

With such a difficult matter, the great detective Mr. Sherlock Holmes has not yet encountered. A real test for his deductive method was a series of mysterious and terrible murders that shocked London, and with it the whole world in 1888. They were committed by the most famous maniac of all time and peoples, which was forever remembered as Jack of the Ripper. This elusive killer is completely illogical, and his crimes are unpredictable. The maniac lives and creates his atrocities in a deep shadow. Moreover, he decided to challenge Holmes himself, starting a deadly game with him. He always ahead of the famous detective one step. He is devilishly dexterous, cunning and coat. To calculate and catch it began for Holmes a matter of honor. After all, the price of each of his mistakes is another human life …

Author
Fei Lindsay
Translator
Abushik Mikhail Veniaminovich
Publisher
Eksmo, 2013
Series
Misterium
Genre
Modern foreign prose