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THE RIPPER FILES! (whodunit thriller) – 1f, 2m
Charles William Lestrange was a newly promoted Detective Inspector in the Metropolitan Police, just transferred to H Division in Whitechapel, when the THE AUTUMN OF TERROR, as it came to be known, reached its grizzly height in 1888. Now, thirteen years later in 1901, and ably assisted by Samuel Edwards, formerly Detective Constable Edwards of H Division, and Samuel Edward’s “close friend” Miss Elsie Fordham, rising star of the music hall stage, ex-Inspector Lestrange is touring the country to rehearse again for our titillation and delight the ghoulish events in Victorian Whitechapel which have been a source of universal fascination since the 1880’s ... The laughs vie with the jumps in this highly entertaining whodunnit, as we not only relish again the details of the Ripper case, but also travel back in time with Sam, Lestrange and his then wife as they relive their private lives at the time of the murders. And then matters take a wholly unexpected turn ... in this spine-chiller with a deliciously wicked sting in the tail!
“a little masterpiece … highly recommended” (Migrant Press) “magnificent ... this unusual who-dunnit gripped like steel ... I literally jumped out of my seat ... The Ripper Files! would not look out of place on any West End stage.” (Thanet Gazette)
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