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A shocking account of the savage world in which Sherlock Holmes operated. The crimes of The Ripper; Conan Doyles knowledge of the killers identity; the methods employed by criminals, and of their pursuers; the harrowing truth about Holmes drug abuse, and of his gang of street arabs, the long-lost crime monographs by the Baker Street sleuth; and much more, this book tells the true story of Holmes gas-lit and sinister criminal world.
"Victorian society was violent & exploitive..., footpads and garrotters stalked the streets of the City...beggars were rife.".
Kelvin is the author of many books about Holmes, the definitive biography of Doyle as a spiritualist & the 3 volume edition of the authors spiritualist writings. A distinguished life member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, he has published contemporary crime novels and poetry, and is a member of the Crime Writers Association. "The almost legendary Mr Jones..."- Roger Johnson, commissioning ed. of The Sherlock Holmes Journal.
"Kelvin Jones takes the reader into Victorian England, walking side by side with the Great Detective..., an all-round, relentless researcher..." - Mark Alberstaat, ed. of Canadian Holmes.
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