'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper'. Prepare to be afraid, very afraid!

[Brian L Porter]

Now available in paperback and e-book editions, and soon to be available in audio book.

From author Brian L Porter and Double Dragon Publishing comes the award winning novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack ther Ripper' Holder of a CK2s Kwips & Kritiques 'Receommended Read' Award and winner of The Authors Lounge Best Cover Illustration Award for May 2008, A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper tells the story of Robert Cavendish, a modern day psychiatrist who is bequeathed a strange set of papers which purport to be the journal of the long-dead infamous Whitechapel Murderer whose crimes gripped the hearts and minds and instilled terror on the streets of Victorian London. As he begins to read the journal, Robert becomes convinced of it’s authenticity and finds that the words of the Ripper have a strange and compelling effect on him. Unable to cast the pages aside he finds himself being drawn into the dark and sinister world of the killer until he is unable to distinguish what is fact and what is fantasy. In short, Robert Cavendish begins to feel as though he is being taken over in some way by the soul of the long-dead Ripper. What happens as he progresses through the journal will disturb and shock the reader as the close dividing line between sanity and madness is explored to the full.

The book is performing wonderfully well at both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, where, when sorted by average customer review ion Jack the Ripper books it holds the number one spot as at 30th October 2008.

Here are some extracts from the reviews received so far:

A Fantastic New Twist on Jack the Ripper

"The identity of Jack the Ripper has been explored, but never in such a deliciously nail biting manner. Although fiction, the possibilities of who Jack really was and where he came from as well as his unfortunate victims felt all too real thanks to the obvious hard work of the author to create this sensational tale."

CK2's Kwips & Kritiques

'A Study In Red' Is A BLOCKBUSTER Of A Novel

"The author transports his reader back in time to 18th century London. Through his articulate choice of words, you will feel the cobblestone beneath your feet, see the deprivation, and smell the stench that engulfed the streets of Whitechapel at that time...

Brian Porter not only throws a new light on an old subject, he illuminates it!"

Barbara Watkins, Author, Thorms of an Innocent Soul.


"WOW",

"The word "WOW" doesn't even begin to describe the feeling correctly. I picked the book up, headed out to sit by the pool, started reading and did not put it down until I was finished. I must say, I'm glad I read it outside in the broad daylight. Brian does a fantastic job transporting you into the sick mind of a serial killer. Jack became as real to me as if I had met him in person. (I am very thankful that did not happen!) I highly recommend this book to the thriller lovers out there. It is definitely not one for the faint hearted. I think this would make a "killer" movie. (Ok, bad pun)"

Lynn Tincher, Author


A study in horror

"Brian L. Porter's words grab the reader and won't let go as he describes Robert Cavendish's reading of the secret journal of the notorious Jack the Ripper. The man's life changed as he discovered an ancestor's place in Jack's life, the workings of The Ripper's mind, and the terror the mad man invoked.

This book is not one I could sit and read at one time. I would read a section, shiver, and lay the book aside. I had to return to its pages, though. I could not stay away. Part by part I delved into the horror that Porter portrayed in his novel. I can't say I enjoyed the book, because the uneasy feeling it left in my mind were not enjoyable, but the book held my attention.

For a work of fiction, A Study in Red left me wondering how anything of fiction could seem so real."

Vivian Zabel, CEO, 4RV Publishing

'A Study in Red' has its own website at www.freewebs.com/astudyinred and the authors main website is at www.freewebs.com/brianlp

A video trailer of the book is available to view on You Tube at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YuKKNPbzIF8

A Study in Red is available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Study-Red-Secret-Journal-Ripper/dp/1554045274...

or from Amazon.co.uk at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Study-Red-Secret-Journal-Ripper/dp/15540452...

Alternatively it can be obtained direct from the publisher at http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.php?ISBN=1-55404-524-X

or from Barnes & Noble, Powells, Waterstones.com etc