The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1887 book, A Study in Scarlet
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A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1887
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Rodney Gibbons, 2002

The setting is Whitechapel, the infamous London district associated with Jack the Ripper’s recent attacks. Three monks are discovered dead, seemingly preyed upon by a vampire. Now, another entity is thirsting for blood. But is there a more rational explanation? As strange occurrences escalate, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are tasked with unraveling the mystery.


Whispers. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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Whispers
Dean Koontz, 1980
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Douglas Jackson, 1990

Writer Hilary Thomas is being pursued by psychopath Bruno Clavel, a man she once interviewed at his family’s Massachusetts orchard while researching for a book. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of the attacks. The police don’t believe her, but one detective agrees to look into it.