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Murder at Dracula's Castle

by D. R. Acula

233 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); Novel; catalogue #04-1512; ISBN 1-4120-3684-4; US$19.25, C$22.14, EUR15.81, £11.07

A man killed by a 600-year-old arrow, another one stabbed with a dagger and found wrapped in Dracula's cloak, a distorted shadow sliding on a wall... What monster is hiding in old, gloomy, Dracula's Castle?

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About the Book

About the Author

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About the Book

The action takes place in the old Dracula's Castle in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, a castle which is now a museum. Dracula, who is living through the ages, becomes one of the museum's staff. A lot of strange things and some murders are taking place at the museum and in the neighbourhood. Police investigation seems unsuccessful. The only clue is a huge, distorted shadow keeping a middle ages bow in hand, which was seen sliding on a wall of the main lobby of the castle by a group of tourists visiting the museum, one minute after their guide had fallen dead with a middle ages arrow thrust into his breast, just while he was talking about the legend of Dracula.

The same shadow was seen by another lady-guide on the wall of a remote room of the castle, but being scared to death, she fainted. Afterwards, when it was obvious that the murderer is one of the staff of the museum, in spite of all her efforts she couldn't match the shadow she saw to one or another of her colleagues working in the museum. For having seen the shadow, the murderer is keeping a close eye on her and she feels her steps are watched. Her life is in big danger.

The police investigation in the museum is disclosing other groups of people trying to find some diamonds which were hidden in the castle 55 years ago, when the communist regime was installed and the monarchy had to leave the country.

The hiding place of the diamonds is indicated on the back of a photo of a beautiful lady who lived in the castle 50-60 years ago and who passed away recently at the age of 90, taking with her into the grave the secret of the diamonds. The poor drawings on the back of the photo and some mysterious rhymes where all the T's were written with capital letters seem to indicate a church or a place resembling to a church, which proves very difficult to be found in the big Dracula's castle.

All this time, Dracula is in the museum, among his colleagues and although there are not many characters, nobody knows who is the one responsible for all the things that happen.

The action is wrapped in mystery and it is full of suspense.

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About the Author

The author was born on September 19, 1951 in Suceava — a town in the north-eastern part of Romania. Suceava is full of historical meaning and full of historical relics, as hundreds of years ago it used to be the capital of Moldavia.

Her father was a lawyer and her mother a teacher.

The family moved to Campulung Moldovenesc — a small town in the North Carpathian Mountains of Romania, so that the author followed the courses of primary school, secondary school and high school there. In 1970, at the age of 19 she went to Bucharest to follow the Academy of Economic Studies — International Relations Section, from which she graduated in 1974. After this she worked as an economist in foreign trade, traveling many times abroad, especially to the United States and Canada. She is married and has one daughter. Presently she has an administrative job at the South Korean Embassy to Romania.

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