The Curse of Collinwood

Although Barnabas appears on the cover he is not in the story at all. This is pre-Barnabas action.

The story starts with Carolyn having had a nervous breakdown and returning to Collinwood. David had been in a military academy but left that and is also now at home. Earnest has died in a plane crash, shattering Victoria's hopes for a life with him.

Carolyn thinks she has seen a ghost. Burke Devlin works with Victoria throughout the story. They go to see a guy called Mad Martin who knows a lot about the history of Collinwood and the history of a guy named Derek Collins.

Seems he wasn't a nice guy since he ran one of the ships bringing slaves to America. He ran into trouble and both he and his wife ended up dead, but not totally dead as they were turned into zombies, placed into coffins, and rest in a Collins mausoleum.

Things get complicated since they get loose but, at the same time, there is a guy and a woman who vaguely look like them, that are criminals, and are also near Collinwood. Victoria has a hard time trying to convince Burke what is really going on.

The rest of the story involves various attacks, disbelieving police and attempts to deal with all four dangers.

It turns out to be a good story, but I do have a question. In Derek and his wife were zombies and could escape from their coffins if they get hit by moonlight, they why weren't both coffins encased in concrete or steel or something like that. Such an encasement would be very strong and definitely not admit any moonlight.