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There can be no question that the contents of this book will prove extremely controversial. Many people will be deeply shocked by the nature of Watson's statement. Many will no doubt prefer to reject it rather than surrender the beliefs of a lifetime. Others will at least regret that two of the great mysteries of crime are finally solved... An extraordinary document comes to light which for fifty years had been held on deposit by the bankers of the deceased John Herbert Watson MD - better known as Dr Watson. The document, written by Dr Watson himself, opens in the East End of London in 1888. Three women have been savagely murdered. To calm the public outcry, Scotland Yard approaches London's most eminent detective, Sherlock Holmes, and asks him to investigate the killer. Can Holmes solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper? And why has this story been suppressed for so long?… (más)
Otoño de 1888. Las crónicas periodísticas registran detalles estremecedores sobre los crímenes ocurridos en el East End de Londres. Tres mujeres, pobres, jóvenes de moral dudosa, han aparecido apuñaladas en las calles de Whitechapel. El asesino se ha encarnizado con los cuerpos, mutilándolos salvajemente. Para colmo, se permite el lujo de enviar notas burlonas al Yard firmadas como Jack el Destripador. Sólo un hombre del genio de Sherlock Holmes es capaz de resolver estos crímenes espeluznantes y de enfrentarse a un monstruo lleno de sadismo y dotado de una inteligencia devastadora.
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'When William Gillette, the American actor, asked the author if he might introduce a love interest in the Sherlock Holmes play... Sir Arthur briskly cabled: "Marry him, murder him, do what you like with him" It should be recorded that some enthusiasts regarded even this high canonical (Conanical?) authority with disfavour.' James Edward Holroyd, introduction to Seventeen Steps to 221B
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To Benita
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It was the autumn of 1888, and the day one of that class that Sherlock Holmes used to describe as 'unhealthy'.
Citas
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But sometimes, as I sit beside the fire on nights when the wind wails in the chimney, my thoughts travel back to the great falls at Reichenbach, and I hear again the exquisite consolation of Holmes's final words, and see once more the light of understanding in his eyes, during those last moments when he seemed once again the best and the wisest man I have ever known.
(there follows a quote from the original "The Final Problem" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.)
There can be no question that the contents of this book will prove extremely controversial. Many people will be deeply shocked by the nature of Watson's statement. Many will no doubt prefer to reject it rather than surrender the beliefs of a lifetime. Others will at least regret that two of the great mysteries of crime are finally solved... An extraordinary document comes to light which for fifty years had been held on deposit by the bankers of the deceased John Herbert Watson MD - better known as Dr Watson. The document, written by Dr Watson himself, opens in the East End of London in 1888. Three women have been savagely murdered. To calm the public outcry, Scotland Yard approaches London's most eminent detective, Sherlock Holmes, and asks him to investigate the killer. Can Holmes solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper? And why has this story been suppressed for so long?
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