Sherlock Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders

by Barry Day

Book Overview

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE APOCALYPSE MURDERS...London 1895..and the past returns to haunt Sherlock Holmes. A murder with a distinctive signature suggests that Jack the Ripper may be back and no longer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0953765911
• ISBN13: 9780953765911
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Second Opinion (FL)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

The end is near

Adding to the subgenera of Holmes vs. the Ripper stories, mystery author Barry Day creates a fiendishly suspenseful doomsday scenario, one that has the Great Detective and Dr. Watson, aided by Mycroft, Oscar Wilde and Detective Lestrade, focusing their attentions on Janus Cain and his Church of the New Apocalypse. If you have enjoyed Mr. Day's previous Holmes adventures as well as mystery fiction like The Crime Doctor and The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Oxford Bookworms Library), then I am certain that this thrilling novel will provided you with quite a few lively nights of suspenseful reading.

The Ripper on a Tear

When Sherlock Holmes and Watson are called in to a gruesome murder they quickly realize that they have met the killer before. For Jack the Ripper's signature is carved on the neck of the victim. For Holmes this is horrible news. When he first discovered the Ripper, the killer's social position was such that it was only possible to quietly oust him from England. Now, years later, he is back, and crazier than ever. In a matter of very little time the Ripper strikes again, this time attacking the new Director of Covent Garden in the middle of a performance of the Flying Dutchman. A performance starring Irene Adler, the only woman to ever best the consulting detective. Not only is the Ripper wandering London seeking out his persecutors, he has also formed an obsession for Ms. Adler. Holmes must split his efforts if the talented Irene is to survive.Holmes works with his brother Mycroft and Detective Lestrade, first trying to discover the killer's new identity, and, when it is found, track him down and discover the rest of his plans. For the new Ripper doesn't want to limit himself to impromptu surgery. He fully intends to bring the four horsemen of the apocalypse down on the city of London."The Apocalypse Murders" is a good, solid Holmesian romp. Full of action and lots of quick deductions. The villains are villainous and our heroes are as valiant as can be. Expect Lots of atmosphere and spookiness as well. Barry Day writes with no pretension and the result rings much truer than many efforts that are more imitative of Doyle's. Don't expect a lot of depth and laborious efforts at meaning, just settle in for a great read that is just a bit too short. This time you get to wonder if Holmes will get the girl and get his man as well.

"Smooth as claret..."

"This latest Holmes adventure from Barry Day is as smooth as the claret in Holmes' gentlemens' club,as rare as the fabled sirloin of Simpson's-in-the-Strand. Simply delectable."- Strand Magazine