![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. The novel features backs the great premise with some exciting moments, but overall, it’s a disappointment, though Ripper fans will still be curious. Unfortunately, this removes any you-are-there immediacy and turns the reader from a participant in the events into an uninvolved spectator (after the fact). It’s the kind of story idea that gets your pulse racing-the creator of the world’s most famous vampire battling the world’s most famous serial killer-but Reese waters the tale down considerably by telling it (in the spirit of Dracula) through a series of journal entries and letters between Stoker and an old friend. ![]() Soon after, he becomes embroiled in the Whitechapel murders, and to keep himself from becoming the prime suspect, Stoker has to find out the real identity of Jack the Ripper. The story is classic thriller stuff: in 1888, nearly a decade before he writes the novel Dracula, Bram Stoker leaves the employ of his demanding boss, the famous actor Henry Irving, and comes home to London. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Sometimes a great premise keeps you going, even when you realize that the author might have done more with it. The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense is written by James Reese and published by HarperCollins e-books. ![]()
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