My rating 4.5 stars Blurb A Study in Scarlet brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson together for the first time, creating one of the most illustrious crime-solving partnerships of all times. My thought When two American men are found murdered in London, the confounded investigators of Scotland …

Blurb  Enigmatic and sexy, Professor Gabriel Emerson is a well respected Dante specialist by day, but by night he devotes himself to an uninhibited life of pleasure. He uses his notorious good looks and sophisticated charm to gratify his every whim, but is secretly tortured by his dark past and con…

My rating : 3 stars Blurb A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective C.M. Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are …

My rating  3 stars Blurb Beyond Good and Evil is a comprehensive overview of Nietzsche's mature philosophy. The book consists of 296 aphorisms, ranging in length from a few sentences to a few pages. These aphorisms are grouped thematically into nine different chapters and are bookended by a pre…

Rating 4 stars  Blurb All 27 of Doré's detailed, masterly engravings from a rare 19th-century edition of  The Raven , among the most popular American poems ever written. Dreamlike, otherworldly illustrations perfectly capture the bleak despair and mournful musings of Poe's poem. Apposite qu…

My rating : 4 stars Blurb When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house he makes horrifying and unbelievable discoveries in his client's castle. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries, Bram Stoker p…

My rating 4 stars Blurb Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories is a collection of short stories by Bram Stoker, first published in 1914, two years after Stoker's death. Dracula's Guest follows an Englishman (whose name is never mentioned) as he wanders around Munich before leaving for …