List of 7 mark frost5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Though he doesn’t know it, Doyle immediately becomes the prime suspect. Only a few streets away, however, a prostitute has been murdered-gutted with the skill of a surgeon. Salvation comes with the timely intervention of a tall, rangy stranger, who appears from nowhere and foils the homicidal frauds. But when he unveils the medium’s offstage shenanigans, the event turns into a blood sport, and Doyle barely escapes with his life. Unable to resist the invitation to an occult gathering, Dr. ![]() With cameo appearance by Queen Victoria, and pre-”Dracula” Bram Stoker, one of the treats awaiting readers of “The List Of 7” is the opportunity to discover, at the same time that Arthur Conan Doyle does, the heroic and villainous templates for all the key players in the Sherlock Holmes stories. In “The List of 7,” Mark Frost delivers a meld that’s part historical novel, part Sherlock Holmes mystery and part occult/horror tale. ![]() The year is 1884, the location is London, and the missive recipient is aspiring writer Arthur Conan Doyle. It’s more than enough bait to lure the bachelor surgeon, and fervent explorer of the occult, into a cunning-and lethal-trap. ![]() The letter is unsigned, but the subtext indicates a fair damsel is in distress. A dull Christmastide turns cryptic as a letter slips under the door, imploring the doctor to attend a seance being staged the following evening. ![]()
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