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Dracula's Heir: An Interactive Mystery

von Sam Stall

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In 1897, Archibald Constable & Company published Bram Stoker's Dracula, the most famous horror novel of all time. For reasons still debated by scholars, the first chapter of Dracula was cut from the book just weeks before publication. Here, it becomes the central clue in a spine-tingling original interactive mystery. nbsp; Dracula's Heir begins 10 years after the horrific events described in the original novel. Jonathan and Mina Harker are happily married and enjoying life in Bixby, England. Meanwhile, their friend Dr. John Seward is tracking a string of crimes that seems eerily familiar: A 14-year-old girl sleepwalks out of her parents' house and disappears into the night. Two "accident victims" are found drained of their blood, yet there is no crime scene evidence to explain its loss.nbsp; nbsp; When Seward shares his discoveries with the famous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, all the evidence points to Jonathan Harker. After all, Harker spent weeks imprisoned in Castle Dracula as a guest of the Count--was he infected without anyone realizing it? Has the mild-mannered English solicitor spent the last decade lurking in the shadows as a nosferatu? Or is someone (or something) else getting away with murder? nbsp; This chilling mystery novella features 8 removable clues, including a newspaper, a death certificate, Renfield's private journal, and the original first chapter of Bram Stoker's Dracula. When you think you've solved the crime, you can open the final signature (sealed at the printer) to test your powers of deduction.… (mehr)
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Dracula's Heir is an "Interactive Mystery", which means that every few pages there is a pull-out handwritten note or fold-out newspaper which the reader can examine for clues and/or hidden messages. Gimmicky? Sure, a damn fun gimmick.

As a kid I had a similar book-- that one based on A Study in Scarlet. I loved it then, and the appeal of physical interaction with clues is just as strong now. Though the book feels slight in the hand, the nature of the enclosed objects is such that readers will spend more time with it than the page count would indicate.

Dracula's Heir is geared for ages 10 ; that's my guess-- there's no age recommendation on the book, but there are a couple sections which might be frightening for younger readers, especially as things pick up towards the end.

The book's mystery is nicely structured, with clues hidden along the way. Even better, the answer is revealed slowly, allowing readers of different ages/aptitudes to solve more or less of the puzzle as their their skills of detection allow.



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1 abstimmen Dan.Stout | Apr 15, 2013 |
This was a quick read! Loved the cover and the story was intrigueing. Also enjoyed the multi-genre aspect-pulling out the pictures, newspaper, journal, letters, etc was fun. ( )
  kimpiddington | Aug 13, 2011 |
When I was in college, books like this were a mini-fad. I loved them. Some were particularly well done and took my quite a while to figure out. Then there's Nick Bantock's "Egyption Jukebox," which was a devil to solve. "Dracula's Heir" was disappointing on an epic scale. The clues and ephemera provided were anything but subtle. By the time I'd gotten to the third 'exhibit' I was pretty sure I had it figured out. About half way through, a particularly transparent bit of dialogue confirmed it. Bleh.... ( )
  ShanLizLuv | Nov 8, 2009 |
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In 1897, Archibald Constable & Company published Bram Stoker's Dracula, the most famous horror novel of all time. For reasons still debated by scholars, the first chapter of Dracula was cut from the book just weeks before publication. Here, it becomes the central clue in a spine-tingling original interactive mystery. nbsp; Dracula's Heir begins 10 years after the horrific events described in the original novel. Jonathan and Mina Harker are happily married and enjoying life in Bixby, England. Meanwhile, their friend Dr. John Seward is tracking a string of crimes that seems eerily familiar: A 14-year-old girl sleepwalks out of her parents' house and disappears into the night. Two "accident victims" are found drained of their blood, yet there is no crime scene evidence to explain its loss.nbsp; nbsp; When Seward shares his discoveries with the famous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, all the evidence points to Jonathan Harker. After all, Harker spent weeks imprisoned in Castle Dracula as a guest of the Count--was he infected without anyone realizing it? Has the mild-mannered English solicitor spent the last decade lurking in the shadows as a nosferatu? Or is someone (or something) else getting away with murder? nbsp; This chilling mystery novella features 8 removable clues, including a newspaper, a death certificate, Renfield's private journal, and the original first chapter of Bram Stoker's Dracula. When you think you've solved the crime, you can open the final signature (sealed at the printer) to test your powers of deduction.

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