The Peril of Barnabas Collins

Maggie and Caroline are doing some cleaning and find an old diary. The story in the diary is from about 80 years earlier and concerns Barnabas finding a young woman named Diana and how a love relationship developed between the two of them.

That part takes up the first part of the book, maybe 1/3 of it. Then the rest of the book deals with a nutso count and a nutso 'doctor' who chase after Diana and claim to have a cure for Barnabas, in that order.

In effect, it's almost like this was supposed to be two separate books but neither was long enough so the author basically stuck them together with the nutso 'doctor' as the glue.

There is no doubt at all that Barnabas and Diana are in love, and that she accepts him as he is. The ending of that affair, of course, is quite predictable. The crazy 'doctor' is somewhat like another character in an earlier book, claiming to want to help Barnabas but really pursuing his own wants.

Why do I call him nutso? He acts like Frankenstein. Read the book and find out how!