From Emmy]-winning comedian and bestselling author Elliott comes a brilliantly funny and original comic spoof that takes on the classic survival adventures. Everest-bound celebrities endure hurricane-force winds, blinding blizzards, one guys insufferable off-key singing, and more.
Set in New York City in 1882, this hilarious story chronicles the adventures of Police Chief Caleb Spencer and his cohorts, "Evening Post" reporter Liz Smith and Mayor Teddy Roosevelt, as they unravel the mystery of the world's first serial killer, Jack the Jolly Thwacker.
Comic actor Chris Elliott's fiction debut is a wacky sendup of historical thrillers. The author himself figures as a character, a time traveler voyaging from the present day to late 19th-century New York City in pursuit of Jack the Jolly Thwacker, a serial killer who "thwacks" and then disembowels prostitutes, and whom Elliott suspects of being a ...
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