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Summary: Bust me, Garth!
Review: This is a damn good vampire novel, but it's also a damn good police procedural. My husband's a cop and I'm a reporter, so I know the police beat pretty well. I can tell you Killough did a good job capturing the feeling of a small town police force, as well as the mechanics of cop politics in general. From the standpoint of a vampire fan, I really enjoyed the portrayal of Garth and his struggles with his changed existance. In fact, I think Killough does the best job with that transformation I've ever read this side of Anne Rice. However, Garth is a much more admirable character than Rice's vampires, as human as he is superhuman. Overall, finding a good vampire novel can be tricky, but Killough's book is so good I've read it a dozen times. And that says something, since the majority of vampire novels I buy I can't even finish because the writing style or characterization or plotting drives me nuts. But this book worked right down to the ground. Do yourself a favor and buy it.
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Summary: It's nice to see a favorite book back in print.
Review: When asked which of my books is my favorite, I usually reply that it's the one in progress, but I've always been particularly fond of Blood Hunt and Bloodlinks. Readers have responded to them ethusiastically as well. The one complaint readers express has been the inability to find more copies. So I'm delighted the books are available again...and in a single volume, saving readers the frustration of finding one book and not the other. It's particularly gratifying to have the books brought back into print by such an author-friendly/artist-friendly publisher as Meisha Merlin, and printed on acid free paper that will protect it from the ravages of time eating up the original edition
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Summary: A fine read for mystery readers.
Review: When I saw the cover of this book in person I was a bit concerned that I'd made a mistake...and now I find that I didn't. The two novels that make up Bloodwalk come together seamlessly, and the characters bring an extra depth to what could have been a slick "vampire-cop" pastiche. Buy a copy for yourself and one for that mystery reader you know who is always on the look out for something different. No one I've suggested this book to has complained yet!
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