SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE TANGLED SKEIN

The enduring appeal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories hasresulted in many pastiches, of varying quality. Some of the best have beenwritten by David Stuart Davies, who, while remaining faithful to theoriginal style of the stories, is not afraid to add some new twists tofamiliar characters and themes. The Tangled Skein is a fine example of hiswork. It is the autumn of 1888. Following the successful conclusion of theinvestigation into the affair of the Hound of the Baskervilles, SherlockHolmes and Dr Watson have returned from Dartmoor, little realising thatfate will see them back in Devon before the year is out. Holmes receives apotentially lethal package, the first strand in the tangled skein, which hewill need to unravel before this new adventure is resolved. A threat toHolmes' life, murders on Hampstead Heath, and a strange phantom lady leadHolmes and Watson into the most dangerous investigation they have everundertaken - an encounter which brings them face to face with evil itself,embodied in Count Dracula, the Lord of the Undead.