Bloodlist introduces Jack Fleming, an investigative journalist in Prohibition-era Chicago who got bitten by a vampire.
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Apr 17, 2011
Anika
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Volume 1 contains the first 3 books of the vampire files. The first is finding out who and why was Jack Fleming killed. He gets the help of Charles Escott a PI who is intriqued by Jack who is now a vampire. He's learning how to cope and trying to regain the memories back of what happened leading up to his death. He was head of over heels for Maureen the person who changed him but has been missing the pass five years. Jack was putting an ad in most of the papers trying to get touch with her t
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Jul 21, 2009
Tudor-Lee
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I actually started by reading this series a few years ago with the later books. I liked them enough that I wanted to go back and start over. However, what niggled me back them became a big, whopping punch in the face. This book is simply too pat. How fortunate that a private detective can turn to mist and hide, control the minds of people so they don't remember seeing him and will tell him secrets, and has massive strength. Of course, he's upstanding, honest, and moral, which just makes him
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Mar 28, 2009
Eric
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This book is a much more enjoyable take on the vampire fiction motif than most. Jack Fleming awakens to find that after his death (which he can't remember) he has become a vampire. He knew it was possible.
Most of the first book deals with Fleming's attempt to find out who had killed him, and why. The book is set in post-repeal, post-Capone 1930s Chicago. The setting is well realized without becoming the center of attention. Fleming and the major secondary characters are fully fl More...
Most of the first book deals with Fleming's attempt to find out who had killed him, and why. The book is set in post-repeal, post-Capone 1930s Chicago. The setting is well realized without becoming the center of attention. Fleming and the major secondary characters are fully fl More...
Jun 24, 2010
Gwyn
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A collection of the first three Jack Fleming books. Although a mix of supernatural (my local Borders put it in with horror) and mystery, it leans much more toward the latter than the former. Despite his new status as one of the Un-Dead, Jack Fleming is a pretty good guy, and makes a delightful main character. Along with a Escott, a private agent (*not* "investigator"), he sets out to solve his own murder... and then to find out what happened to the woman who made him what he is. Fans o
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Jul 29, 2010
Written in the 1st person, and decidedly masculine person – Jack Fleming – ex-newspaper writer – new vampire…. Setting is 1936, Chicago…
Bloodlist – book 1 – tells about how Jack became & adjusted to being a vampire, and wreaks vengeance on the gang who tortured and killed him…
Jack & Maureen were lovers – Maureen was a vampire… and she exchanged blood with Jack many times, with the hope that upon his death, he would live on as a vampire… Sexual pleasure came as much fro More...
Bloodlist – book 1 – tells about how Jack became & adjusted to being a vampire, and wreaks vengeance on the gang who tortured and killed him…
Jack & Maureen were lovers – Maureen was a vampire… and she exchanged blood with Jack many times, with the hope that upon his death, he would live on as a vampire… Sexual pleasure came as much fro More...
Jun 13, 2009
jD
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I love the era of this book. It reminds me of Bogart and the times of gangsters. It is also set in Chicago. The stories are first person told by the vampire. He is new to being a vampire so the first three books resolve the mystery of how it happened and what became of his sire. There is laugh out loud humor. The romance is thin, very thin but it really does not need it. It takes a really good writer to make you love a vampire that says 'ouch' when he gets shot. His sidekick is also fun. P
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Nov 15, 2010
Katie
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It's 1936. Jack Flemming wakes up and is shocked to find that he's become a vampire. Only days ago, he was a journalist, recently moved from NY to Chicago. Unexpectedly thrown into a different life with a different set of rules, he goes about trying to uncover what happened to him sometime in the recent (and forgotten) past. A private investigator takes an interest & the two team up to the benefit of both.
This is a bundle of the first three stories. I thought they were a fun read More...
This is a bundle of the first three stories. I thought they were a fun read More...
Aug 01, 2011
Davidette
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listened to this audiobook; amazed to enjoy it! Very 50s noir style. The "reader" is perfect, the writing style and characters are stereotypical but refreshing to emerse in this "era" with a supernatural twist. immediately listened to the volume 2, not sure if I would go right into volume 3 if it were available; probably had enuf of it for a while. would like to read some of her other character series.
Jan 04, 2010
Cathi
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Good combination of a mystery and the supernatural. The first three in the series (all in this volume) are more about the main character figuring out what happened to him and resolving things from his past. But I'm hoping the next one will be more like a real mystery. I love mysteries and vampire books, so I have high hopes for the rest of the series.
Nov 12, 2009
Jennifer
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I can't remember where I found out about these books, they were highly recommended. They are combination of nice guy vampire and a hard boiled detective novel. Not too hard-boiled though and not too noir, in other words not so dark that you can't enjoy the characters or the plot. They're funny as well.
May 09, 2009
Cathy
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It was good but not what I was in the mood for. The stories are set during the depression and are basically noir mysteries that happen to have a vampire protagonist. No romance to speak of, very little humor, solid mysteries but just not my style these days.
May 05, 2011
I am new to this series. About a newly minted vampire and his learning to cope with his new "life". He's also working as a detective of sorts so that is a new twist. It's a more lighthearted story about a vampire and an easy read. I liked it.
Feb 19, 2011
James
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Noir Vampires how could it be boring? Slow pacing, too much detail about things that do not add to atmosphere which is required for both noir and vampire.
Feb 03, 2010
Historical mysteries. Set in post-prohibition Chicago. Very noir.
Vampires are like humans--some good, some bad.
Vampires are like humans--some good, some bad.
Dec 15, 2010
Jonaht
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Excellent book. Chock full of humor, adventure, romance, and awesomeness.
Aug 24, 2011
Jenny
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I am sure there is nothing wrong with this book. It was just not my style. I finished the first book, which was ok, but then I just could not finish the rest.
May 26, 2010
Emily
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This was the perfect book for me mystery and vampires! I love the era of this book (30's) and Jack's character is quite likable. The character who I really find interesting is Jack's partner Charles Escott - such a quirky but cool old dude. Not scary gory vampire books, a totally different take on the vampire genre and enjoyable reads.
Feb 06, 2008
Rob
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Takes place in the 30's. Guy wakes up on a beach and finds out he's a vampire because of an old girlfriend. Not your typical gore fest because he does not feel any different than before, just can't eat normal food and can't go out during the day and the thought of feeding off of humans is just wrong to him. It was o.k.
Feb 12, 2010
Sara
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Well, it's been a million years since I've been on Goodreads and this was the book I left on. I did finish it and I did like it. First it felt refreshing that the main character was a male (vampire). Second, ... I .. I don't remember much. I'll have to reread it. Especially since I have Volume 2 waiting.
Feb 20, 2009
Finished the first book, Bloodlist, on 12-12-08. I'm not really liking Jack Fleming. He's a little weak for a vampire. I'm going to attempt to finish the second and third book after the new year.
Feb 12, 2008
Matilda
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Fantastic vampire series, with 11 books currently. Vampire private detective set in the 1930s. I have read all 11 of the series, and highly recommend
Nov 19, 2009
Trish
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Chandleresque hard-boiled detective fiction meets vampires. The combination actually works pretty well.
Apr 02, 2008
Autumn
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Exactly what it claimed to be: detective story set in the '30s, with a vampire. Fun, easy, fast.
Sep 10, 2008
Julie H.
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This is a pretty clever concept. They're not particularly scary, but are quite enjoyable.
Aug 13, 2010
Heather
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A completely different take on the vampire genre - but good mystery reads nonetheless.
Jan 22, 2010
Laura
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A vampire P.I. in 1930's Chicago. How much more fun can you get than that?
