I am a dyed in the wool fan of urban fantasy and especially novels featuring vampire characters. This book was perfectly designed to grab my attention and hold it in a tight grasp. I stayed up far too late one night and experienced great difficulty finally setting it down. Only when my eyes started watering was I persuaded to go to bed.
I enjoy the main character, Vicki Nelson, a former detective, with a high solution rate, now a private investigator with serious vision issues. She has a complicated relationship with her former employers and especially with her former partner (professional and personal). Vicki may be working on cases more suited to a visually impaired person, but she is unable to ignore current events/murders, the first of which she is first on scene. This death results in the victim's girlfriend hiring Vicki to solve his murder since the woman is convinced the perpetrator is a vampire and that the police won't consider that angle.
Of course Vicki takes the case. It gives her an excuse to dabble in the official investigation and to maintain her connection to her former partner, Mike Celluci. But while on stakeout one night, Vicki is abducted by a vampire who is also pursuing the murderer. Henry Fitzroy is the illegitimate son of Henry VIII, the only really cheesy detail in this fantasy. He knows that there is someone summoning demons, which he explains to Vicki when she regains consciousness. They strike a bargain—he investigates at night, Vicki in the daylight. Needless to say, as they get to know one another, an attraction develops.
I can hardly wait to hear this author speak at a conference this summer! Her storytelling really appeals to me and I will absolutely be continuing to read this series.
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