“Evil is in the blood.” Isn’t that always the way with vampires?

I had “The Nosferatu Scroll” sitting on my bookshelf for a few years and never got round to reading it. Until now. Read on to see my thoughts and where you can buy the book.

My Review of  “The Nosferatu Scroll”

The one thing this book did was make me want to visit Venice, which I have never previously considered. I enjoyed reading the descriptions of the city, the Island of the Dead, the crumbling old buildings and all that history. But that was it. I couldn’t get engrossed in the plot because it just didn’t draw me in, and I was consciously aware of it being a story all the way through. I didn’t connect with any of the characters because they weren’t real to me. I didn’t even realise that Chris and Angela were a married couple at first because there was no connection between them. Then it seemed to say that they were separated, which made me wonder why they were on holiday together in a foreign country. And the fact that the author refers to Chris by his surname further distances the reader from connecting on an emotional level, I think. There wasn’t enough Gothic intrigue for my liking and the story became more of a James Bond spoof by the end.

About the Book

BOHEMIA, 1741

On the northern banks of the Vltava River, an extraordinary event is taking place. Inside a private chapel, a high-born Hungarian lady is being laid to rest. But not before her heart is removed from her body, and she is buried beneath a layer of heavy stones – lest she rise again to prey upon her victims …

VENICE, 2010

Holidaying in the world’s most beautiful city, Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis discover a desecrated tomb. Inside it is a female skeleton and an arcane diary dating back hundreds of years. Written in Latin, it references a scroll that will provide an ‘answer’ to an ancient secret.

Soon corpses of young women, all killed in the same ritualistic manner, start appearing throughout the city. And when Angela disappears, Bronson knows that he must find her before she too is slaughtered.

But Bronson’s hunt for Angela leads him back to the Island of the Dead, and into a conspiracy more deadly than he could ever have imagined …

Buy the book: Amazon US; Amazon UK; Waterstones; WH Smith.

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