Unknown Fears -L -Op/105 [Library Binding]

John Gardner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2004

The legacy of Jack the Ripper lives on When Phillip Tarpin is summoned from London to take up a top executive position at a New York publishing house, fortune seems to be smiling on him. But he is soon to be a victim of past history and past secrets. When his mother dies suddenly, he begins to discover disturbing facts about the father he never knew. Then two unrelated projects land on his desk: a book with startling new evidence about the murderous career of Jack the Ripper, and a hard-hitting investigation into the British Government's alleged "shoot-to-kill" policy. Incredibly, both seem linked to the puzzle of his family's bloodstained past and the chilling, century-old arm of vengeance that is now reaching out for him

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

British veteran Gardner (Bottled Spider) pulls off the rare feat of coming up with a fresh angle on the enduring Jack the Ripper mystery. Londoner Phillip Tarpin has no sooner accepted a prestigious publishing job in New York than he's beset by multiple tragedies, starting with the suspicious deaths of his estranged mother and his fiancée. Soon after he receives the manuscript for a new Ripper exposé by a popular historian, Tarpin is mutilated by a brutal assailant wearing the costume of "The Nemesis of Neglect," a cartoon figure created for a London newspaper at the time of the Whitechapel murders to represent the legendary serial killer. Gardner's fast pacing enables some improbable coincidences and a fantastic motive for murder to be digested without much difficulty. Readers with a taste for intelligent international suspense in the spirit of Frederick Forsyth, as well as the legion of Ripper buffs, should find this an exciting thriller.
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About the Author

John Gardner began his boatbuilding career in 1940 at Graves Boatyard in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He became a leading advocate and teacher of building small wooden boats and wrote more than 850 articles on small boats that appeared in "National Fisherman," "WoodenBoat," "Boating," and "Yachting," among others. He died in 1995.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 240 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers; Usa edition (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727861344
• ISBN-13: 978-0727861344
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,062,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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