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Sherlock Holmes and the Return of the Whitechapel Vampire
Bodies washing up along the eastern coast of New England and the mysterious grounding of a “ghost ship” near Manhattan combine to bring Sherlock Holmes out of retirement to resume his pursuit of the villainous Baron Antonio Barlucci-the Whitechapel Vampire. But when he arrives in London to enlist the assistance of Dr. Watson, the good doctor has reservations.
It's been twenty-five years since Holmes and Watson hunted Barlucci, twenty-five years since they learned the baron was buried beneath a mountain of ice and snow.
Has Holmes' preoccupation with Barlucci driven him to see connections where none exist? Have his powers of deduction gone stale while in retirement? Has Watson’s worst fear, that Holmes’ obsession with the baron has unbalanced his finely tuned psyche, come true?
Sherlock Holmes and the Return of the Whitechapel Vampire is the exciting finalé to the Whitechapel Vampire Trilogy. In this final chapter, Holmes must face more than evil. He must face his own mortality-the only certainty in an uncertain world.
It's been twenty-five years since Holmes and Watson hunted Barlucci, twenty-five years since they learned the baron was buried beneath a mountain of ice and snow.
Has Holmes' preoccupation with Barlucci driven him to see connections where none exist? Have his powers of deduction gone stale while in retirement? Has Watson’s worst fear, that Holmes’ obsession with the baron has unbalanced his finely tuned psyche, come true?
Sherlock Holmes and the Return of the Whitechapel Vampire is the exciting finalé to the Whitechapel Vampire Trilogy. In this final chapter, Holmes must face more than evil. He must face his own mortality-the only certainty in an uncertain world.
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First published October 21, 2015
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January 22, 2016
Sherlock Holmes and the Return of the Whitechapel Vampire by Dean Turnbloom
*** Possible Spoilers, though I try not to spoil the action and solving of the mystery ***
What has gone before:
In the first installment Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire Holmes and Watson encounter Baron Barlucci, a six hundred year old vampire. It is 1888 and Jack the Ripper is loose in Whitechapel…
In the second installment, Sherlock Holmes and the Body Snatchers, Barlucci has been shipwrecked while escaping to America. His companion, Abigail Drake shows up on the shore of Newfoundland, dead in a lifeboat. The body turns up missing. Abigail’s twin sister Emily moves into a secluded house in New York City. The killings begin anew…
Now we come to the final installment and the wrap up of all loose threads!
Holmes finds in the newspaper that a ship has run aground on an island in the East River in New York City. The ship has a dead man chained to the wheel, drained of blood. Holmes declares that Baron Barlucci is back and he and Watson head for New York.
It has been twenty-five years since the events of The Body Snatchers, and Mylo Strumm has married Emily Drake. They have a daughter, Lucie. Dr. Tremaine’s son, Phillip, has become a doctor like his father before him. He has also fallen for Lucie with all his heart.
Meanwhile it is revealed that his mother, Julia Tremaine, reported dead is actually alive and in a mental institution. She claims her husband Alan is alive also, and trapped in his tomb. Philip does not know this.
When the ship ran aground, prisoners and patients at a mental hospital were set free. Julia Tremaine is one of the released patients.
Philip and Lucie are set upon by ruffians, but saved by the quick thinking of a stranger, Alex Hume, a young musician. Soon Philip starts acting strange, and goes to a deserted building called “the octagon” on Blackwell Island to set up a laboratory and continue his father’s research into a cure for Vampirism.
Holmes spends long hours in the tunnels under New York looking for “nests” where Baron Barlucci might hide during the day. Daily he obsesses over finding the Vampire. Mylo Strumm, now a police commissioner, has started drinking heavily again. He thinks Holmes has lost his mind…
As in the other books, the thrill of the chase is paramount. The trail leads through underground tunnels, through a graveyard, a mad house, and odd buildings. The number of surprises, the plot twists, and the speed of the plot serve to build up to the climaxing crescendo.
All along questions will be raised as to where, if at all, Baron Barlucci fits in, the sanity of several of the characters involved, even who is alive and who is dead who has, or will, survive. There are some reveals for which I will admit I was unprepared.
This volume is a fitting wrap-up for the trilogy, and I give five plus stars.
Quoth the Raven…
*** Possible Spoilers, though I try not to spoil the action and solving of the mystery ***
What has gone before:
In the first installment Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire Holmes and Watson encounter Baron Barlucci, a six hundred year old vampire. It is 1888 and Jack the Ripper is loose in Whitechapel…
In the second installment, Sherlock Holmes and the Body Snatchers, Barlucci has been shipwrecked while escaping to America. His companion, Abigail Drake shows up on the shore of Newfoundland, dead in a lifeboat. The body turns up missing. Abigail’s twin sister Emily moves into a secluded house in New York City. The killings begin anew…
Now we come to the final installment and the wrap up of all loose threads!
Holmes finds in the newspaper that a ship has run aground on an island in the East River in New York City. The ship has a dead man chained to the wheel, drained of blood. Holmes declares that Baron Barlucci is back and he and Watson head for New York.
It has been twenty-five years since the events of The Body Snatchers, and Mylo Strumm has married Emily Drake. They have a daughter, Lucie. Dr. Tremaine’s son, Phillip, has become a doctor like his father before him. He has also fallen for Lucie with all his heart.
Meanwhile it is revealed that his mother, Julia Tremaine, reported dead is actually alive and in a mental institution. She claims her husband Alan is alive also, and trapped in his tomb. Philip does not know this.
When the ship ran aground, prisoners and patients at a mental hospital were set free. Julia Tremaine is one of the released patients.
Philip and Lucie are set upon by ruffians, but saved by the quick thinking of a stranger, Alex Hume, a young musician. Soon Philip starts acting strange, and goes to a deserted building called “the octagon” on Blackwell Island to set up a laboratory and continue his father’s research into a cure for Vampirism.
Holmes spends long hours in the tunnels under New York looking for “nests” where Baron Barlucci might hide during the day. Daily he obsesses over finding the Vampire. Mylo Strumm, now a police commissioner, has started drinking heavily again. He thinks Holmes has lost his mind…
As in the other books, the thrill of the chase is paramount. The trail leads through underground tunnels, through a graveyard, a mad house, and odd buildings. The number of surprises, the plot twists, and the speed of the plot serve to build up to the climaxing crescendo.
All along questions will be raised as to where, if at all, Baron Barlucci fits in, the sanity of several of the characters involved, even who is alive and who is dead who has, or will, survive. There are some reveals for which I will admit I was unprepared.
This volume is a fitting wrap-up for the trilogy, and I give five plus stars.
Quoth the Raven…
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