{"product_id":"the-west-end-horror","title":"The West End Horror","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: John H. Watson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ballantine 25411\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1977 Print: 1 Cover Price: $1.75\u003cbr\u003eCondition: \u003ca title=\"Book Grades\" href=\"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/pages\/paperback-book-grading\"\u003eBook Grades. \u003c\/a\u003e Very Good Plus. Light wear\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Fiction\/Mystery\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192\u003cbr\u003e50126001E\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarch 1895. London. A month of strange happenings in the West End. First there is the bizarre murder of theater critic Jonathan McCarthy. Then the lawsuit against the Marquess of Queensberry for libel; the public is scandalized. Next, the ingenue at the Savoy is discovered with her throat slashed. And a police surgeon disappears, taking two corpses with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome of the theater district's most fashionable and creative luminaries have been involved: a penniless stage critic and writer named Bernard Shaw; Ellen Terry, the gifted and beautiful actress; a suspicious box office clerk named Bram Stoker; an aging matinee idol, Henry Irving; an unscrupulous publisher calling himself Frank Harris; and a controversial wit by the name of Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScotland Yard is mystified by what appear to be unrelated cases, but to Sherlock Holmes the matter is elementary: a maniac is on the loose. His name is Jack.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vintagebookseller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038853722343,"sku":"50126001E","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/0537\/files\/img485_43cb3f7b-6f03-4971-94db-fbc53a7489ca.jpg?v=1777950484","url":"https:\/\/vintagebookseller.myshopify.com\/products\/the-west-end-horror","provider":"Vintage Bookseller ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}