Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. by Lyndsay Faye

By Lyndsay Faye

Following within the footsteps of such crime writers as Ellery Queen and Michael Dibdin, Faye pits Sherlock Holmes opposed to Jack the Ripper in her remarkable if fallacious debut. within the autumn of 1888, the savage slaughter of 2 prostitutes in London's East finish piques Holmes's interest. Inspector Lestrade, no idiot in Faye's rendering, calls at the unconventional sleuth for aid. because the killer keeps to assert extra sufferers, the Baker road duo spare no attempt to convey the Ripper to justice. in the meantime, a disreputable journalist accuses Holmes of being the Ripper. the writer makes use of a powerful Watsonian voice to offer types of Holmes and his chronicler trustworthy to the originals. whereas the paucity of suspects makes guessing the killer's id too effortless and the cause for the crimes is lower than convincing, Sherlockians will wish to work out additional pastiches of this caliber from Faye.

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By Lyndsay Faye

Following within the footsteps of such crime writers as Ellery Queen and Michael Dibdin, Faye pits Sherlock Holmes opposed to Jack the Ripper in her remarkable if fallacious debut. within the autumn of 1888, the savage slaughter of 2 prostitutes in London's East finish piques Holmes's interest. Inspector Lestrade, no idiot in Faye's rendering, calls at the unconventional sleuth for aid. because the killer keeps to assert extra sufferers, the Baker road duo spare no attempt to convey the Ripper to justice. in the meantime, a disreputable journalist accuses Holmes of being the Ripper. the writer makes use of a powerful Watsonian voice to offer types of Holmes and his chronicler trustworthy to the originals. whereas the paucity of suspects makes guessing the killer's id too effortless and the cause for the crimes is lower than convincing, Sherlockians will wish to work out additional pastiches of this caliber from Faye.

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PLACE ON WOULD TOURS. ON NATURALLY BE YOUR" A" SHOWN OFF" CONGRATULATIONS" RUN Congratulations! You have found the Historical Society workers. You walk over to the big hole in the sand they have been digging and ask lots of questions. Suddenly, you notice a bony hand sticking out of the sand. No one seems to understand why you are jumping up and down and yelling. Then they see the hand too. You grab a shovel and help the workers. You have discovered an ancient burial ground! 42 • MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE The report you write on your experiences gets an A and you get a membership from the Historical Society for helping it to discover the burial ground The "S-Thief" Stories about the "S-Thief have been in all the newspapers.

All three pass by his farm regularly and know his habits. Type in the program to find out their location. " "GO BACK TO THE BOOK" RUN Before you set off to question the suspects, Frank Bridges gives you a description of his missing horse. Jim Fowler is a garden and pet supply salesman. A neatly trimmed lawn surrounds Jim's house. The only horse you see here is a ceramic statue of a jockey on a white horse. It rests beside the front door. At the rear of the house you can see a large garage that has three locks.

The newspaper article said that the Society has found an old map in its library. The map is of a beach in your town that used to be an Indian reservation. M~ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /WWW" /WWWW" 0 0/WWWWWW" X /WWW" o 0 t| 0 /WWWWWWW" 0 /W" 90 PRINT "0 - TEEPEE" 100 PRINT "X = HISTORICAL SPOT' A DAY AT THE BEACH 110 120 PRINT PRINT • 39 ll IN QUESTION11 "W = WATER11 RUN There are lots of reservations in your town. Many roads, beaches and parks there have Indian names. The Historical Society is especially concerned that some of the beaches where the Indians once lived are being ruined by companies who dump their garbage there.

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