When I was in college, books like this were a mini-fad. I loved them. Some were particularly well done and took my quite a while to figure out. Then there's Nick Bantock's "Egyption Jukebox," which was a devil to solve. "Dracula's Heir" was disappointing on an epic scale. The clues and ephemera provided were anything but subtle. By the time I'd gotten to the third 'exhibit' I was pretty sure I had it figured out. About half way through, a particularly transparent bit of dialogue confirmed it. Bleh.... ( )