Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed | Gyles Brandreth
9 posts | 4 read | 9 to read
London. 1894. 'I am not a detective, chief constable.' 'No, but you are a poet, a freemason and a man of the world. All useful qualifications for the business in hand.' So says Police Chief Macnaghten to Oscar Wilde, in a Chelsea drawing room in the company of Arthur Conan Doyle. The business they are gathered to discuss is none other than the case of Jack the Ripper, the most notorious murderer in England. And thus the three men set out to solve one of the world's most famous mysteries - the ultimate truth about the identity of Jack the Ripper. Case Closed is Arthur Conan Doyle's account of the events of 1894, the year of the return of Jack the Ripper. Based on Oscar Wilde's real-life friendship with Conan Doyle and the extraordinary but little-known fact that in 1894 the detective in charge of the Jack the Ripper investigations was Oscar Wilde's neighbour in Tite Street, Chelsea, this is a revelatory and gripping detective story, combining the intrigue of a classic murder mystery with a witty and compelling portrait of one of the greatest characters of the Victorian age.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
blurb
jenniferw88
post image

The best thing to come home to from a morning spent having a CT, MRI & face mask made for radiosurgery in a few weeks time... #bookmail! Thanks @squirrelbrain & @Lel2403 - can't wait to read all the notes! #LMPBC @Moray_Reads @Cathythoughts

Lel2403 Oh bless you, I‘ve had radiotherapy but luckily I didn‘t need the mask (it as on my neck)...ct‘s, I‘m up to 15 of those so I know how stressful this all is....big hug lovey....glad the Book got to you safe 💕💕 5y
squirrelbrain Oh no, you poor thing...🙁 Glad the book mail cheered you up a bit 😘 5y
Cathythoughts Take care & thinking of you ... all will be well ... sending love ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
72 likes3 comments
blurb
Lel2403
post image

@Cathythoughts just to let you know this arrived safety....and I love the postcard, so pretty. #lmpbc

Cathythoughts Oh thanks ! That‘s good to know 👍🏻♥️ 5y
100 likes1 comment
blurb
Cathythoughts
post image

#LMPBC groupV thanks @Moray_Reads for sending me on @jenniferw88 ‘s book choice ! I‘m looking forward to it... and will then post off to you at the end of January @Lel2403 .... we are half - way there now 👍🏻♥️📖

Did my birthday book ever arrive Moray ? I fear it‘s lost in the post somewhere.

Moray_Reads Oh yes, it did! I'm so sorry, I totally forgot to message you. Thank you so much, I'm looking forward to reading it and the next #lmpbc 5y
Cathythoughts @Moray_Reads thanyou for letting me know .... I hope you like it 👍🏻♥️ 5y
64 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
Moray_Reads
post image
Pickpick

I felt it flagged a little in the second half but enjoyed Brandreth's lively style, his evocation of the period and his multitude of literary references. Oscar and Doyle echo Holmes and Watson but with characters of their own too. A good pick @jenniferw88!
@Cathythoughts I'll try to send this tomorrow. Hopefully it will make its way through the Christmas/New Year backlog on time! #groupv #lmpbc

Cathythoughts Thanks Moray ! Sounds good. Don‘t worry about getting it out if you are busy .... I‘ll be happy to receive it when I do ... I‘ve started Little , it‘s very good ! It‘s different from most books I‘ve read ... ♥️👍🏻 5y
51 likes1 comment
blurb
Moray_Reads
post image

Look what arrived today @jenniferw88! Thanks for the speedy delivery and the postcard and bookmark. Looking forward to talking this one #lmpbc #round004 #groupv

Cathythoughts This book looks great.... looking forward to my turn already 👍🏻❤️ 5y
45 likes1 stack add1 comment
review
jenniferw88
post image
Pickpick

#Booked2018 #newin2018 (it's new in paperback this year!) @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Lots of notes in this book for #LMPBC #round004 #groupv - @Moray_Reads I hope to send early next week.

5 ⭐

alisiakae 🎉🎉🎉 5y
Cinfhen I‘m interested in learning more about this notorious killer 5y
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen this book is fiction I'm afraid - it's book #7 in Gyles's Oscar Wilde series. It's still a good read but if you want facts it's not the book you want! 😂 5y
See All 10 Comments
Cinfhen Ha!!! That‘s what I get for not reading the blurb!!! Thanks for letting me know the facts 😜 5y
Moray_Reads Flash you enjoyed it. I quite like Brandreth on the TV so I'm looking forward to this 5y
Cathythoughts I like the sound of this one too ... looking forward to it. Meanwhile , #lmpbc I‘m sending to @Lel2403 ... isn‘t that right ?? 5y
jenniferw88 @Cathythoughts yes, that's correct! 😊 5y
Cathythoughts Thanks 👍🏻your a pet ❤️ 5y
Lel2403 Looking forward to this one 5y
GingerAntics I read a book with this same title by another author. I may have to take this one for a spin. 5y
88 likes2 stack adds10 comments
blurb
jenniferw88

Hi @Cathythoughts @Moray_Reads & @Lel2403 I was just wondering if I could swap my #lmpbc book for the tagged one? I'm reading it now and finding quite a lot of things I want to write a comment about. I'm also aware that I'm running out of time to do November's book due to my hospital stay and I think this way might be easier. If you've already read the book, I'll stick to The Oxford Murders.

Cathythoughts I hope you are feeling ok. I am positively happy to read The this tagged book ... looks great 👍🏻❤️ 5y
Moray_Reads It looks interesting, I'm happy to read this instead. Hope you're doing well x 5y
Libby1 I hope you‘re feeling well. Take care. ❤️🌈🌸 5y
Lel2403 I‘m happy to read this too....I‘m about to send mine (Seventeen) off, as I‘m due some surgery soon and thought it best to do it now 📖 @jenniferw88 (edited) 5y
47 likes4 comments
blurb
Emmalibby
post image

Weekend library book haul.
I'm most excited about the Margaret Atwood book, I've been wanting to pick The Handmaids Tale or Alias Grace after watching the series but they're always out on loan!

Jack the Ripper: Case Closed, Gyles Brandreth
Sons of the Blood, Robyn Young
Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood

#libraryhaul #fiction #historicalfiction #crime

blurb
jenniferw88
post image

⚀ Tagged book
⚁ Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald
⚂ Neither #feedareader
⚃ A dealbreaker
⚄ Will do

#friyayintro! @jesshowbooks

MidnightBookGirl I had trouble thinking of a movie! But I am looking forward to Fantastic Beasts 2! 6y
GlassAsDiamonds Oohhh!! You reminded me - I think Theodora God‘s releases the sequel to The Strange Case of the Alchemists Daughter this year. 😊😊😊 6y
benchley1 @GlassAsDiamonds oh!! I hope so. I loved the alchemists daughters!! 6y
GlassAsDiamonds @benchley1 me too!! I‘m always surprised that it isn‘t more widely known. I think it may have been one of my favourite books of last year. 😊😊😊 6y
83 likes2 stack adds5 comments