Looking into the case on Jack the Ripper as well as into the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes

Written by a father and son team of doctors, this isn't your usual look at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.  This is a look Doyle and his fascination - possibly obsession - with Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders.

In the spring of 1905, Doyle was one of a group that was taken on a tour of the Jack the Ripper murder sites guided by the chief police surgeon for London, Doctor Frederick Gordon Brown.  This book recreates this tour, but instead of Doctor Brown, the guide is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, adding his observations and opinions to the tour, all of which are based on the actual historical accounts.

In addition to being a very detailed look into the murders committed by Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel District as it was between 1888 - 1910, there is also a great deal you learn about the youth and upbringing of Doyle.  Part true crime examination, part historical guide to the Whitechapel District and part biography, the book unearths quite a lot of information that has not all been gathered in one volume before.  Most intriguing is the possible identity of Jack the Ripper himself as put forward as a theory to consider by the authors.