The Peril of Barnabas Collins

By: Marilyn Ross

Narrated by: Kathryn Leigh Scott

The Peril of Barnabas Collins (November 1969)

After falling in love with beautiful heiress Diana Hastings, Barnabas Collins makes a desperate attempt to find a cure for his vampire curse. He summons to Collinwood Dr. Rudolf Padrel, a strange scientist who claims he can develop a serum that will make Barnabas a normal man again.

But as time passes, Barnabas wonders if the mysterious scientist isn’t merely using him for his own evil ends. Graves in the family cemetery are desecrated and a young girl is found murdered. Barnabas is denounced by the villagers, who try to storm Collinwood.

Though he knows Dr. Padrel is responsible, Barnabas hesitates to expose him. Can he risk destroying the one man who can cure him?

Better

I think as the written series goes on, the better they get. Yes, there's more love at first sight than just about anything I've read, but we expect it. This one pretty much kept me guessing. Reminder -- cover does not equal characters in the book. As always, wonderful narration.

Awesome!

I really enjoy these books of the series. it's interesting how the history happens. as always the narrator does a great job knowing that she was on the old soap opera back in the late sixties.

Pulp gothic mish mash.

I enjoyed the first half of the book until surprisingly it got back to Collinwood. Then it became another story about a doctor trying to cure Barnabus and a young woman who is in love with him. Seemed like I heard it all before.

Still it flew by and Miss Scott’s narration made it come alive.