LONDON — If Sherlock Holmes was such a smart detective, why was he not put on the case of Jack the Ripper?It’s a reasonable question. After all, Sherlock made his first appearance in 1887 and ...

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Sherlock Holmes of one of the first anti-heroes of the modern age; a drug-doing, woman-avoiding, police-confounding misanthrope who spends half his time locked in his room and the other half ...

Thankfully, The Case of I Hate Goddamn Number Puzzles comes to quick closure due to Holmes and Watson having access to Google and typing "Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper Demo Walkthrough" into it.

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper 1888, London, Whitechapel district: A horrible series of crimes takes place in this East End district, as horribly mutilated women are found dead. The police have a ...

Excerpted from “The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock.” In 1888, a serial killer was terrorizing the East End of London.

("Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killing by Dr. John H. Watson" by Lyndsay Faye, Simon & Schuster, 325 pages, $25).

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