I WILL NOT REVEAL ANYTHING WHICH WILL ILLUMINATE ANY OF THE PLOT TWISTS OR RUIN THE END OF THE BOOK! I was asked to read "Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem" for my course at University and I am delighted to say that in three years of trawling through some of the worst texts I have ever laid eyes on, this novel made it all worth while. It is always exciting when you find a real gem of a novel that you can't put down and I ended up reading this in 2 days, pausing only for sleep and food. --> INTRODUCTION: Peter Ackroyd, whose other works include "Hawksmoor" and his biographies of T.S.Eliot and Dickens, no ...  Read the complete review

A crime novel, an historical novel, a who-done-it (or perhaps that should be a who's-doing-it) and a horror novel all rolled into one. Peter Ackroyd succeeds in blending together a number of genres into a compelling and flawless novel. It's been a few years since I bought my copy at an airport. From there I took it on holiday and had finished it by the third day, so I read it again. After that I passed it around family and friends and didn't see it again for over eighteen months (and no, it wasn't because they were slow readers). Make no mistake, this is a stunning novel. I had already had a go at reading "Hawksmoor" by ...  Read the complete review