Dr. Rhodes narrates these tales of an unconventional doctor. He is Watson to Taverner's Holmes. This collection of stories, published in 1936, begins shortly after World War I. Dr. Rhodes has been honorably discharged from the British Army and accepts a position as a medical superintendent in Dr. Taverner’s nursing home.
The large, old manor and its full, colorful garden are a refuge in the middle of “wild and barren country,” reminiscent of the moors near Baskerville Hall. The nursing home is a sanctuary for patients who might otherwise have been abandoned to mental institutions.
Dr. Taverner is a healer of souls who takes in patients other doctors of his era simply label insane and lock away. His method of healing is based on esoteric and magical knowledge.
You can curl up with this book on a cold night and get your fill of Halloween spookiness: the ghost of a vampire, a changeling, a spiritual con man, a mermaid, secret societies, reincarnation, mind control, and the Wild Hunt of the Faeries. Ooooh-oooooooh. I had no trouble suspending my disbelief and enjoyed every story.
Until the stories are produced for television, you can read the book online.
Just remember, there are only twelve stories, so don't read them all in one night!
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