Dire Straits
by:
Helen Harper (author)
Bo Blackman is a rookie private investigator working for the London based firm of Dire Straits. She doesn't often get triber-based assignments, which is just as well. Vampires and daemons don't interest her as much as humans do. However, when she has to serve a summons on a dodgy daemon called...
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Bo Blackman is a rookie private investigator working for the London based firm of Dire Straits. She doesn't often get triber-based assignments, which is just as well. Vampires and daemons don't interest her as much as humans do. However, when she has to serve a summons on a dodgy daemon called Devlin O'Shea and she ends up saving his life instead of being framed for his murder, her life takes a shocking turn for the worse. And when the vampire Families start involving themselves too, Bo no longer knows where to turn...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781500463717 (150046371X)
ASIN: 150046371X
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 382
Edition language: English
Series: Bo Blackman (#1)
So this is my first full-length foray into paranormal/urban fantasy for a long time since I lost interest in the genre a year or so ago and I have to admit I got pulled into it. I'm usually wary of urban fantasy books because I read books for the romance in them, be it a little flirting or a full ...
Set in an alternative contemporary London where Tribers (Demons, Witches and Vampires) have been an accepted part of society for centuries, “Dire Straits” tells the story of Bo Blackman, a bottom-rung-of-the-ladder investigator at the Dire Straits detective agency, who is set up for a murder charge...
Set in an alternative contemporary London where Tribers (Demons, Witches and Vampires) have been an accepted part of society for centuries, “Dire Straits” tells the story of Bo Blackman, a bottom-rung-of-the-ladder investigator at the Dire Straits detective agency, who is set up for a murder charge...
I felt that the heroine is a bit of a Mary Sue, and she basically fails in every endeavour. It is quite mysterious why she is sought after by the big bad-ass vampire lord. She is a rookie investigator, who just got lucky once. But somehow it was still entertaining.
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