A Mysterious Review of …
Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire by Dean P. Turnbloom.
Review summary: This novel creates a credible Victorian environment and is well structured but is also rather disappointing as it doesn't present Holmes with much of a challenge, and more importantly, lacks any element of whodunit or howdunit or whydunit for the reader. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire
Dean P. Turnbloom
A Sherlock Holmes Story
MX Publishing (May 2012)
Publisher synopsis: In this fast-paced novel set in the Victorian London of 1888, a string of heinous murders in London's East End has Inspector Abberline of Scotland Yard baffled and his boss, Commissioner Sir Charles Warren furious that no arrests have been made of the culprit the newspapers have dubbed "Jack the Ripper".
With pressure for an arrest mounting, a reluctant Abberline calls on Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for assistance. Using a combination of intuition, luck, and good old-fashioned police work, the trail they follow leads them directly to Baron Antonio Barlucci. The wealthy Italian financier is a long time family friend of Sir Charles and a ruthless vampire. His trail of blood stretches from Paris to London and if he's not captured soon an innocent young Italian immigrant will swing from the gallows for a murder he didn't commit.
The baron, though, has other plans. He's come to London to enlist the aid of a young American, Dr. Alan Tremaine, to cure his vampirism. To complicate matters, the baron has fallen in love with Sir Charles's niece, Abigail Drake.
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