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Already Dead

by: Charlie Huston (author)

4.00 10

Starred Review. After two hard-boiled hits, Caught Stealing and Six Bad Things, Huston does an irresistible and fiendishly original take on the vampire myth. Manhattan is teeming with the undead, the island divided into often-warring vampire clans such as the Society, the Hood and the Enclave.... show more

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Format: kindle

Publisher: Del Rey Books

Pages no: 288

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Mystery, Crime, Noir, Horror, Zombies, Supernatural, Vampires

Series: Joe Pitt (#1)

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Noctuary's auditory hallucinations rated it

11 years ago

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I have to first say this up front. I normally don't like noir style of books or movies for that matter. I was attracted to this book because of the vampire subject. I love modern takes on an old standard. 1 hour into reading and I wasn't sure I was going to stick around with it. But it grew on me. T...

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Krycek rated it

11 years ago

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Those stories you hear? The ones about things that only come out at night? Things that feed on blood, feed on us? Got news for you: they’re true. Only it’s not like the movies or old man Stoker’s storybook. It’s worse. Especially if you happen to be one of them. Just ask Joe Pitt. There’s a shamble...

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11 years ago

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Already Dead (Joe Pitt, #1) by Charlie Huston Recommended for: Fans of seriously dark, gritty, violent noir who won't mind the style There's a certain stereotype about the streets of New York City. To non-City-dwellers, the phrase can conjure a claustrophobic skyline blocked with lowering building...

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Brainycat's Occaisonal Reviews rated it

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Brainycat's 5 "B"s:blood: 5boobs: 2bombs: 1bondage: 3blasphemy: 2Bechdel Test: FAILDeggan's Rule: FAILGay Bechdel Test: FAILThis book kept showing up in results from the Goodreads autorecommendation tool. I put it on my TBR, and then I found an excerpt at the back of another book I finished. Initial...

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wbebout rated it

12 years ago

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While I liked the concept, this book drug for me. Big Pharma is at it again and Joe Pitt isn't going to stand for it. Blood and gore about and a wraith is thrown in for good measure.

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