The Supreme Adventure of Inspector Lestrade
New York: Stein & Day, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 224 pp. The second book in this witty, original, and often hilarious series featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade, the detective so often scorned and outdetected by Sherlock Holmes. In this entry, it's 1891 and Sherlock couldn't find Jack the Ripper nearly three years after his Whitechapel killing spree. Lestrade is sent to the Isla of Wight to investigate a strange corpse found sealed in a stone wall but this is only the start of a nightmarish series of killings... The Lestrade series proved to be enormously popular and would eventually reach twenty volumes. Fine / fine. Item #E32820
ISBN: 0812830369
Price: $19.50