Death Blows
FBI profiler Jace Valchek was pulled into this parallel realm to hunt for Aristotle Stoker, a human serial killer who preys on vampires and werewolves. Now she works for the National Security Agency of the Unnatural States of America—and her boss is a vampire. At a bizarre crime scene, Jace finds...
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FBI profiler Jace Valchek was pulled into this parallel realm to hunt for Aristotle Stoker, a human serial killer who preys on vampires and werewolves. Now she works for the National Security Agency of the Unnatural States of America—and her boss is a vampire. At a bizarre crime scene, Jace finds a bloodsucker murdered by magic, fried to the bone and dressed in the costume of the comic book hero the Flash—a character who isn't supposed to exist here. Comic books have been outlawed for their powers, including crossover spells like the one that transported Jace to this world. Soon, she's following a trail of dead bodies into the sinister underworld of black-market comics—where a deranged madman gives new meaning to the term "super-villain"…Death Blows is a fast-paced, exciting follow-up to Dying Bites—DD Barant and The Bloodhound Files just keep getting better, and Jace Valchek's world keeps getting stranger ...
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN:
9780312942595 (0312942591)
ASIN: 312942591
Publish date: March 30th 2010
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pages no: 332
Edition language: English
Series: The Bloodhound Files (#2)
Jace is from an alternate reality and she has been brought to a world were vampires, werewolves, and golems make up the majority of the population. Jace is tasked with finding and arresting Stoker, a rogue human determined to end the domination of the supernaturals and get justice for the dwindling...
Audio- 3.7 stars. This second book in the series was better than the first. There was more of a mystery, more action and more focus. I still don't care the the narrator. The third book I bought in print.Jace is still human, still in this alternate universe and still trying to solve a case to get ho...
(As spoiler-free as possible)It was much the same as the first in the series as far as pacing and humor goes. Jace has really begun to find her niche in her new world, although there are still times that she feels overwhelmed. She says she wants to go home but I don't believe it. Maybe I'm just p...
Plot summary ... Since this is for personal reason -- so I can remember -- I put it under spoiler tag.Jace and Charlie, her golem partner, is investigating murders that seems to be taking inspiration from comic books. In the alternate world, comic is forbidden. After a man named Fredric Wertham took...
3.5 stars, but I thought I'd round up.Things I enjoyed:- Jace and Charlie's relationship; by far my favorite part in the books thus far.- I like the idea of alt universes and how nearly each person in the thrope/pire world has a doppelganger in Jace's world.- I like the comic aspect, I thought it wa...