The Demon of Barnabas Collins

Another book in the Dark Shadows series of Paper Library Guide books. A movie company is going to use Collinwood for it's movie so Vickie and all the others go elsewhere until that's done. Barnabas is the only one to stay behind.

Clifton Kerr is one of the actors and he's a nasty piece of work. Rita Glenn is the leading female cast member. Dr. Moreno is not a member of the company but is there anyone, supposedly giving Kerr medical help.

Angelique makes a kind of appearance, not physical but leaving the smell of violets in her wake. Rita and Barnabas fall in love. Clifton causes problems, trying to be the big shot in the movie. One thing leads to another and it turns out Dr. Moreno has a temporary cure for vampirism which he makes available to Barnabas for a price. Moreno also wants control over everyone he can and he wants to be filthy rich.

Then women start being attacked by what appears to be a vampire yet Barnabas has not attacked anyone since starting on the cure. This all leads to a major scene between Greta and Moreno, Barnabas and Greta tracking down the real person causing the attacks, police asking lots of questions and two more deaths.

It's a complex plot but it is another good book in the series except that the series seems to be having Barnabas fall in love over and over, using that theme too often.

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