Award Winning Author and Poet Brian L Porter, a.k.a. Juan Pablo Jalisco

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LEGACY OF THE RIPPER, THE SEQUEL TO A STUDY IN RED

Following on from the success of ‘A Study in Red – The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper’, WS 1888 member Brian L Porter’s sequel to the original, ‘Legacy of the Ripper’ has now been released by Double Dragon Publishing, (Ontario) and is currently available in paperback and e-book editions.
Production of the movie version of ‘A Study in Red’ is making progress and Brian is delighted to announce that he has also signed with Thunderball Films for movie production of ‘Legacy of the Ripper’

About the book:

Jack Thomas Reid, nephew of Robert Cavendish who first appeared in A Study in Red – The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper languishes in the secure Ravenswood Psychiatric Hospital, sentenced to confinement ‘at Her Majesty’s Pleasure’ for a series of apparent ‘Jack the Ripper’ copycat killings in the picturesque English coastal resort of Brighton. Jack’s defence at his trial, that he is a descendant of Jack the Ripper and that the crimes were conducted by an unknown ‘mystery man’ and that Jack was drugged and made to appear as the killer was regarded as so preposterous and unbelievable that his sentence was never in doubt. When one of the policemen who conducted the original investigation into the murders begins to doubt the truth of the case against Reid, Sergeant Carl Wright and Ripperologist Alice Nickels begin an investigation into his story. What they find is told through the voice of Doctor Ruth Truman, Jack’s psychiatrist at Ravenswood, and through a series of events that take place as far afield as the beautiful island of Malta and in Warsaw, Poland. Slowly but surely and with the help of Wright’s boss Inspector Mike Holland, the link between the events that shocked and terrorised Whitechapel over a century ago, and their link with the case of Jack Thomas Reid and the ‘Legacy of Jack the Ripper’ is revealed.

The book is currently available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1554046904 ISBN 1554046904 and will soon be available from Amazon UK as well as from other retailers.
The e-book version can be obtained from http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.php?ISBN=1-55404-689-0 ISBN 1554046890

For further details please see http://legacy-of-the-ripper.webs.com or visit www.freewebs.com/brianlp

I'm the award-winning author of the novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' winner of The Preditors & Editors Best Thriller Novel of 2008 Award. The book, a dark psychological thriller was also voted the winner of The Authors Lounge Best Cover Illustration Award for May 2008, and is soon to be made into a motion picture by Thunderball Films LLC of Los Angeles. The following trailer has been released by Thunderball Films as a taster of what's to come.
The Book Blurb: A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper by Brian L Porter 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. One of the many reviews received so far. 'A Study In Red' Is A BLOCKBUSTER Of A Novel, April 26, 2008 By Barbara Watkins "Barbara Watkins" (Missouri) - See all my reviews Not since reading `Mister B Gone' by Clive Barker had I felt such an enthusiasm of excitement with each turn of the page. `A Study in Red' (The Secret Journal of Jack The Ripper) by Brian Porter ranks high at the top of the charts as a phenomenal work of horror and intrigue. Although set as fiction his depiction of the Ripper murders reads all too real. 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.

Not unlike the main character of Brian's novel, the journal will possess your complete attention, and evoke thoughts of terror as you anticipate the final climax. In his novel, the author acknowledges many sources from which he meticulously researched much of his material, further adding great realism to his work. In Brian Porter's footnotes, he declares `A study in Red' is a tale, nothing more than fiction, rather than an attempt to throw new light on an old subject. As an avid fan of this new and upcoming author, I can attest he does just that! Brian Porter not only throws a new light on an old subject, he illuminates it!

A Study in Red is available in paperback, e-book, and audio versions and can be viewed at Amazon.com by clicking on the cover image above, or by visiting the book's website at www.freewebs.com/astudyinred or by visitng the website of the publisher, Double Dragon Publishing

Other paperbacks
Also available in paperback right now are my novelette, 'Dracula Doesn't Live Here Anymore' and my award-nominated short story trilogy 'Murder, Mayhem and Mexico', both from Eternal Press and available from Amazon.com
Clicking on either of the cover designs below will take you to the book's pages at Amazon.



Murder, Mayhem and Mexico was a Top Ten Finisher in the 2007 Preditors & Editors Awards, (Anthologies)

The e-book editions of these two books are available from the publisher at www.eternalpress.ca
Other Novels
My forthcoming novels, 'Pestlience', 'Glastonbury', 'Purple Death', 'The Nemesis Cell' and 'Avenue of the Dead' are all due for paperback publication in the near future by 4RV Publishing LLC. All of my 4RV novels are also under contract for Movie/TV production with Thunderball Films.
Both 'The Nemesis Cell' and 'Avenue of the Dead' are already availbel in e-book editions from Stonehedge Publishing and'The Nemesis Cell' was placed 6th in The Preditors & Editors 2007 Best Mystery Novel Awards.

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Poetry

Under my pseudonym of Juan Pablo Jalisco, I was also fortunate to be voted The Preditors & Editors Best Poet of 2008 in their annual readers poll. To celebrate the award Mythica Publishing have released a collection of my work and 'Of Aztecs and Conquistadors' is currently available in an e-book edition with a print version scheduled to follow soon. Clicking on the cover design will take you to the book's page at Mobipocket or more information can be found at www.mythicapublishing.com/

Juan Pablo Jalisco's website is at www.freewebs.com/juanpablojalisco

Childrens and Young Adult Books

My childrens and young adult books are written under the name of Harry Porter and once again 4RV Publishing will be responsible for releasing the majority ofmy work in these genres. For younger children, they will be releasing a short illlustrated book titled 'Alistair the Alligator, in the summer of 2009 which will be followed by the first in a major series of young adult books under the collective heading of 'Harry Porter's Dog tales. These books will each feature the individual tales of one of the wonderful rescued dogs that share my home, beginning with 'Tilly's Tale' in the summer of 2009. These beautifully illustarted books are designed to be suitable for all ages and to help raise awareness of the plight of abused and abandned dogs around the world. The following video trailer shows some of the remarkable little dogs who help enrich my life.

For further details please go to Harry Porter's website at http://harry-porter.webs.com or visit 4RV Publishing.

Already released under the Harry Porter label is 'Arcadia 22 Heavy - Mayday!' an exciting young adult short story e-book available from Mythica Publishing.

This e-book is available at Mobipocket by going to
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