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Hard Spell (Occult Crimes Unit Investigation #1) - Community Reviews back

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So, I Read This Book Today . . .
So, I Read This Book Today . . . rated it 11 years ago
"My name’s Markowski, a Detective Sergeant on the Scranton PD’s Supernatural Crimes Investigation Unit. I carry a badge. Also, a crucifix, some wooden stakes, a big vial of holy water, and a 9mm Beretta loaded with silver bullets." - Markowski, Hard Spell Death is when the monsters get you. - Ste...
Nina @ Death Books and Tea
Nina @ Death Books and Tea rated it 12 years ago
3.5
JeffreyKeeten
JeffreyKeeten rated it 12 years ago
This is the city--Scranton, Pennsylvania.It’s a good place to live and raise a family--apart from vampires, werewolves, ghouls, wizards, and the occasional demon. Scranton’s got a “live and let unlive” relationship with the supernatural, just like everyplace else. But when a vamp puts the bit on an...
book reviews forevermore
book reviews forevermore rated it 12 years ago
So I'm perusing the shelves of the half-price bookstore and happen to find Hard Spell, which I was pretty sure was on my TBR list under a special category for some reason. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember why. Was it because the author was a troll? Because a librarian said it kicked butt? Because ...
JK
JK rated it 13 years ago
Uhg.
Flyleaf Chronicles
Flyleaf Chronicles rated it 13 years ago
3.5 starsreview to follow
Ami's Hoard
Ami's Hoard rated it 13 years ago
Stan Markowski is a detective in Scranton PD Supernatural Crimes Investigation Unit. The Unit takes care of cases that relates to supernatural community, either as victims or perps. When a wizard is brutally murdered (after being tortured), an old spell book is missing, then vampires are being kille...
Rrain Reads
Rrain Reads rated it 14 years ago
Conceptually I really enjoyed this one and the ideas behind it, because I've always been an urban fantasy fan, but overall I felt like it was too heavy on the exposition and too light on the characterization. Still, for a fun read I'd pick up more in the same universe.
Theresa M. Cole
Theresa M. Cole rated it 14 years ago
review will be posted to the blog soon! Fade Into Fantasy
Shera (Book Whispers)
Shera (Book Whispers) rated it 14 years ago
Genre: Urban FantasyThe first 20 to 30 pages of this book were an utter fail for me. The potential was there, but the book kept jumping around all willy-nilly. To me a good book doesn’t need to throw things out randomly at the beginning to build the story and the world, the author reveals it bit by ...
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