These are two really interesting and exciting books which should appeal to readers of Sherlock Holmes stories. The premises are based on the fictional idea that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle went through some pretty thrilling adventures himself which would have inspired him to create Sherlock.
The first book, which is the best of the two, introduces Jack Spark, a man of potent intellect, master of disguises, addicted to heroin and enthusiast of the violin. Sounds like good old Sherlock to you ? That's the idea. Together with Doyle, Spark goes about unveiling a misterious secret society which plots to achieve supernatural powers to put their evil plan in motion. It's gripping, exciting and amusing: who would have been the inspiration for Dr. Watson if not Doyle himself ? I enjoyed it a lot, specially the shocking finale.
The second book is more of the same good entertainement and should appeal to anyone who enjoyed the first. More occult powers in motion, religious fanatics and all, but this time set in the New World. The whole thing would have happened during Doyle's first American book signing tour and the story takes you all over the country.
Maybe you'd be interested to hear that Mark Frost was one of the creators of the bizarre, surreal and intriguing series "Twin Peaks".
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