Description:
Flavoring the hard-boiled detective story with a taste of the supernatural, this is the first book in the highly entertaining Vampire Files series.
"I've always had a weak spot for strange ladies. One very beautiful girl had even warned me that she was--get this--a vampire. But did I listen? No.
"Before you know it, I'm being chased by an ugly thug with a gun, and a bullet blasts its way through my back, and--believe it or not--nothing happened. I survived! How? You guessed it. I, Jack Fleming, ace reporter, have been transformed into a vampire.
"Which has its advantages. You never die, you never grow old, you sleep all day...and best of all, you can hunt down your own murderer."
Being turned into a vampire takes some getting used to, and when an astute private investigator spots Jack during his transition period, he arranges a meeting and recruits him. Working together, they take on the criminal world and set out to catch Jack's killer.
Brief description:
Patricia Nead Elrod began her writing career doing gaming modules for the company that created "Dungeons & Dragons." A lifelong fan of vampire stories, gangster films, and pulp magazines, she is the author of numerous books including the Vampire Files and the Gentleman Vampire series. She lives in Texas with her dogs and books.
Review Quotes:
"Elrod and Whitener take listeners on a fun moonlit ride through the mean streets of old Chicago."
-- "Daily Yomiuri"