The Sherlockian by Graham Moore

This book presents two, interlocking plot lines: the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle and his friend Bram Stoker as they investigate a letter bombing and a series of murders in London, and the adventures of a Holmes fan investigating the death of another Holmes fan and the disappearance of one of Doyle's diaries. The idea behind the story is intriguing. The plot was better than the writing: I found the love affair (such as it was) tedious, the characters not entirely rounded or likeable, and the prose clunky.