Bela Lugosi and the House of Doom

By Dwight Kemper.

Author Dwight Kemper has crafted a unique and entertaining premise: Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein is in production and there's a series of strange occurrences going on at Universal Studios: a phantom arsonist, kidnapping ambulance attendants, and an escaped Nazi scientist are on the loose and ready to kill to keep their secrets. Titans of terror and erstwhile amateur sleuths Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone are keeping a secret from their former ally, Bela Lugosi, and the screen Dracula doesn't like it one bit! Lugosi is confident that he is the better detective and enlists the aid of Lou Costello as his Watson. Together they face danger at every turn! They soon cross paths with wolf man Lon Chaney, Jr., monster man Glenn Strange, and mysterious beauty Lenore Aubert, who is taking her femme fatale role a little too seriously for comfort. It isn't long before Lugosi and Costello uncover the shocking secret behind...the House of Doom. While the book is fun fiction and a great mystery read, Kemper has done his homework, researching the background of his characters and settings of time and place to give his story an authentic flavor.