Does anyone know the title of this book?

Question

I am looking for a book I saw in a shop about ten years ago. The plot of the novel revolves around the writer Arthur Conan Doyle solving a string of murders, possibly he is trying to catch Jack the Ripper, I'm not sure. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!

Yes, I know of Time after Time, but I am positive it is Arthur Conan Doyle. I remember reading a line on the dust jacket about someone coming up to him on a street corner. It takes place in the late 19th century.

Answer 1

Are you thinking of "The Last Sherlock Holmes Story" by Michael Dibidan? It's a story of Sherlock Holmes trying to catch Jack The Ripper
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Oxford-Bookworms-Library/dp/0194230074/sr=1-1/qid=1168697751/ref=sr_1_1/104-8412583-2845536?ie=UTF8&s=books

Answer 2

"Time After Time" is a 1979 science fiction novel by Nicholas Meyer, writing as "Karl Alexander". Its plot speculates what might have happened if H. G. Wells had built a real time machine to travel to the 1970s in search of Jack the Ripper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_After_Time_(1979_novel)

The novel was adapted to film the same year, under the same title, directed by Meyer as well.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080025/

I recognized it from having seen the film; I didn't even realize that it was a novel first.

Answer 3

What about "The Seven Percent Solution"? This refers to the percentage of something in the drug mixture that Holmes uses.

Answer 4

Is this it? The Whitechapel Horrors by Edward B. Hanna.

Answer 5

Try asking this question of the Librarian at the Library of Congress' website: loc.gov.

Answer 6

That sounds like "Murder in the Rue Morgue".

Answer 7

try searching the web using yahoo search .just type the author's name