This is the second book of a trilogy of the “Classified Dossier”. The first being Sherlock Holmes & Count Dracula (see previous review).
The monsters of horror fiction become allies and antagonists to the one of the greatest investigators that never lived. It’s set in 1903 and trophies are being taken after a number of grotesque Ripper-like murders. A new client seeks help from Sherlock and his trusty friend after being wrongfully accused. Not the Dr Jekyll but his chemically induced alter ego. What follows is a battle of wits set in the London of the day, with a complicated turn of events which reveal a secret society and a traitor. Bold description, energetic in pace and a compelling mash up of Victorian mystery and horror it nevertheless feels like a Sherlock and Watson case with a 1940’s B-movie lens.
If you liked the first book, as I did, then you will like the second.
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