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Summary: Sexy, Intelligent, Surprising
Review: Blood Will Tell is a great read. It starts out as a small town mystery/police procedural, soon introduces vampires, action and romance but stays true to its mystery beginnings... and ends with a surprise that I won't give away.Great fun from a fantasy master.
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Summary: Oh yeah!
Review: Brandy Mather is a detective in a small, Kentucky town. In such a place, there should not be a rash of murders, especially not ones as baffling as the ones she is now trying to solve. The first victim was supposed to be only in early middle age, but appeared to be an old man who died with a very odd expression on his face. It is not long before other bodies begin appearing, one of them her own best friend. Brandy seeks help from computer genius, Dan Martin. What she gets is a lot more. She begins to fall in love with Dan, but a mysterious secret keeps them apart at first. Dan has an inside track on the killer that is completely unexpected, and shocking. Brandy finds that she is facing an other worldly villain that will attempt to corrupt her very soul. Small town politics and murders may be what she is fighting on the surface, but the truth is one she can hardly believe. Vampires are real. ***** In a complex and fast paced plot, readers are given a new twist on the old legends. Dan is an appealing hero, but not as other worldly and brooding as many heroes in this genre are. Brandy is a modern, strong willed woman whom many readers will find similiar to themselves. If it is possible, this would make a fantastic continuing series.
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Summary: A disappointment
Review: Brandy Mather is a detective on the police force of the rural city of Murphy, Kentucky. She is both thrilled and dismayed when a local professor is found dead of advanced old age when the day before he had seemed a healthy man in his mid 40's. This is one of the few genuine mysteries she has come across in her job and for once she sees a real chance to use her detective skills. However, for Brandy this case is going to turn out to be one which throws her perceptions of people and her town in a tailspin. She finally meets a man, Dan Martin, who's willing to take her as she is in a relationship (and not try to make her leave the police force) - but he's a man with a secret who can crack her case right open and lead her into the heart of darkness and corruption in the centre of the city. A darkness which could swallow both Brandy and Dan without a second's thought if they are not careful. This is a well thought out police procedural novel. It is filled with believable, human and fallible characters. Mysteries are not solved overnight and all the characters have a real life and normal day to day problems to deal with. In many ways this has been the best written vampire/detective novel I have read in a long time, and I can see why it justifiably received the Lord Ruthven Assembly Award. If you like the vampire/detective/mystery sub-genre this is a novel you MUST pick up and read. It will be come a yard stick for many other books you might read in the future. Ignore the tacky cover, it doesn't do the contents justice.
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Summary: Don't judge this book by its cover
Review: Brandy Mather is a detective on the police force of the rural city of Murphy, Kentucky. She is both thrilled and dismayed when a local professor is found dead of advanced old age when the day before he had seemed a healthy man in his mid 40's. This is one of the few genuine mysteries she has come across in her job and for once she sees a real chance to use her detective skills. However, for Brandy this case is going to turn out to be one which throws her perceptions of people and her town in a tailspin. She finally meets a man, Dan Martin, who's willing to take her as she is in a relationship (and not try to make her leave the police force) - but he's a man with a secret who can crack her case right open and lead her into the heart of darkness and corruption in the centre of the city. A darkness which could swallow both Brandy and Dan without a second's thought if they are not careful. This is a well thought out police procedural novel. It is filled with believable, human and fallible characters. Mysteries are not solved overnight and all the characters have a real life and normal day to day problems to deal with. In many ways this has been the best written vampire/detective novel I have read in a long time, and I can see why it justifiably received the Lord Ruthven Assembly Award. If you like the vampire/detective/mystery sub-genre this is a novel you MUST pick up and read. It will be come a yard stick for many other books you might read in the future. Ignore the tacky cover, it doesn't do the contents justice.
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Summary: Vampire Enthusiasts Unite
Review: I have been an avid reader of vampire fiction for many years I can see why it won the best vampire novel of 2001. It didn't use any of the usual clichés of the genre.
I found all of the characters intriguing and didn't want to put the book down. I especially liked the way Jean handled the whole relationship between Dan and Brandy.
Her theories about vampires are unique and intriguing. I found the last few chapters to be wonderfully nail biting and went to bed rather late because I had to read them before I slept. It will definitely be on my list of rereads that I do once in a while.
Run, do not walk to your favorite bookstore and buy a copy or order it from here!
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Summary: A Must Read Item!
Review: I have been an avid reader of vampire fiction for many years I can see why it won the best vampire novel of 2001. It didn't use any of the usual clichés of the genre.
I found all of the characters intriguing and didn't want to put the book down. I especially liked the way Jean handled the whole relationship between Dan and Brandy.
Her theories about vampires are unique and intriguing. I found the last few chapters to be wonderfully nail biting and went to bed rather late because I had to read them before I slept. It will definitely be on my list of rereads that I do once in a while.
Run, do not walk to your favorite bookstore and buy a copy or order it from here!
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Summary: A Must Read Item!
Review: I have been an avid reader of vampire fiction for many years I can see why it won the best vampire novel of 2001. It didn't use any of the usual clichés of the genre.
I found all of the characters intriguing and didn't want to put the book down. I especially liked the way Jean handled the whole relationship between Dan and Brandy.
Her theories about vampires are unique and intriguing. I found the last few chapters to be wonderfully nail biting and went to bed rather late because I had to read them before I slept. It will definitely be on my list of rereads that I do once in a while.
Run, do not walk to your favorite bookstore and buy a copy or order it from here!
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Summary: exciting romantic police procedural vampire tale
Review: Murphy, Kentucky Police Detective Brandy Mather answers the call from nearby Jackson Purchase State University that a corpse of an old man has been found serenely sitting in the office of Professor Everett Land. The body contained identification of the professor, but the teacher is in his forties, not a nonagenarian like the deceased. Dental records later confirm that the dead person is Land, but how did he double in age seemingly overnight? While at the University, Brandy meets computer science teacher Dan Martin, who explains he helped Everett with a web site. Dan assists Brandy by accessing Land's records in hopes of finding a clue. While working together, Brandy and Dan fall in love with one another. However, Dan is not what he pretends to be and soon Brandy questions her sanity as she wonders if she loves a clever killer or something out of a horror novel like a vampire? BLOOD WILL TELL is an exciting romantic police procedural vampire tale that is filled with action, strong sleuthing, and a fresh perspective on the blood-eating creatures of the night. The tale starts with action as the mystery opens rather quickly with the puzzler how does a middle aged person become geriatric in seemingly hours? From that powerful opening gamut, the plot smoothly blends elements from the two genres into a brilliantly conceived, cohesive tale. With superb lead characters and a complete support cast, fans of supernatural mysteries or jut vampiric tales will want to read Jean Lorrah's terrific novel that shows talent will tell. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Vampire Enthusiasts Unite
Review: OK, I am a Vampire Novel virgin, so to speak. This was my first "taste" of the genre, and I have to say that I truely enjoyed it. The book was a quick, easy read with plot twists and fantastic characters. The heroine, Brandy, was the strongest and most self-identifiable female character I have seen since Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. The police and detective sequences made the book more enjoyable for "novices" like myself, and the storyline moved along at a great clip. Thank you Ms. Lorrah for such an interesting read.....I am now hooked on the Vampire genre.
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Summary: Vampire Enthusiasts Unite
Review: OK, I am a Vampire Novel virgin, so to speak. This was my first "taste" of the genre, and I have to say that I truely enjoyed it. The book was a quick, easy read with plot twists and fantastic characters. The heroine, Brandy, was the strongest and most self-identifiable female character I have seen since Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. The police and detective sequences made the book more enjoyable for "novices" like myself, and the storyline moved along at a great clip. Thank you Ms. Lorrah for such an interesting read.....I am now hooked on the Vampire genre.
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