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Philip K Jones reviews Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire by Dean P. Turnbloom
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“This is a first novel by an author new to Sherlockian fiction who has undertaken to unite two of the most popular Sherlockian pastiche subjects into a single volume. The Database of Sherlockian pastiches, parodies and related fiction lists ninety five efforts to have Sherlock uncover the identity of ‘Saucy Jack.’ Further, the database also lists fifty five efforts to tell of Sherlock’s efforts to cope with Vampires. Two of the listed items combine these themes. A short story, “The Children of the Night,” and the current volume are the only combinations of these themes, in so far as I...