Product Description

Whitechapel, 1888; Jack the Ripper is committing his last known act of butchery in the hovel occupied by the luckless harlot Mary Kelly. And beneath the bed on which the fiend is cheerfully eviscerating his victim cowers a 15-year-old boy. This is just the start of an extraordinary adventure.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104601 in Books
• Published on: 1993-09-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Customer Reviews

Fast, furious, surprising and dynamic horror at its best
In my humble opinion this is the best Laymon book ever. Kicking off in Cthullu-type gaslight London, it follows the young hero's entanglement with Jack the Ripper, taking a roller-coaster ride across the ocean to the Wild West.

Excellent characterisation set this book apart from other Richard Laymon titles. Always a master of gore and shock-horror, this book proves that Laymon is also a well-crafted stroyteller and a strong writer beyond the pulp element.

High recommended to any Laymon fan... this book will leave your breathless. To generic horror fans I say this; "Read this one and you'll be a Laymon fan too."

Brilliant - check it out!!
Great Stuff!! A non-supernatural horror/thriller, following a young lad's pursuit of Jack the Ripper from 19th Century Whitechapel, London over the Atlantic Ocean, across America to Tombstone, Arizona.

Very accessible right from the start, the author gives us plenty of action with delightful, unexpected twists and turns throughout. There is an abundance of believable characters, without going too over the top with superfluous detail/past history. A bit saucy in places without becoming too explicit, and violent in others without being too gratuitous; first class ingredients for a ripping yarn blended expertly. A great ending too.

A large book that will totally absorb you - take it on holiday, you WILL finish it!

Laymon's best
In some ways a slight departure for Laymon, but because of this, I found this to be his best book yet. From London to the wild west the characters are intensive and (almost) believable and the plot is excellent.

As ever, Laymon adds a healthy dose of gore and sex and puts it together in a superbly entertaining package. Highly recommended for lovers of the genre.