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Blood Trail (Victoria Nelson, #2) (Victoria Nelson #2)

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For centuries, the werewolves of Toronto have managed to live in peace and tranquility, hidden quietly away on their London, Ontario farm. But now, someone has learned their secret—and is systematically massacring this ancient race.

The only one they can turn to is Henry Fitzroy, Toronto-based vampire and writer of bodice rippers. Forced to hide from the light of day, Henry...more

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Published November 4th 2004 by Orbit (first published 1992)

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Aug 15, 2011 Callista rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy, vampires-after-all, werecreatures

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I had the same problems with this book as I did with the first of the series. The point of view switching in some places was so very distracting. There are places where there's a switch to the killer's POV for one short paragraph, then it's back to someone else's. The climactic scene was robbed of tension by switches of POV among the several characters there. The plot also had a TV-movie-of-the-week feel to it, and many of the characters were types instead of being 3-dimensional.
At first, I thou...more I had the same problems with this book as I did with the first of the series. The point of view switching in some places was so very distracting. There are places where there's a switch to the killer's POV for one short paragraph, then it's back to someone else's. The climactic scene was robbed of tension by switches of POV among the several characters there. The plot also had a TV-movie-of-the-week feel to it, and many of the characters were types instead of being 3-dimensional.
At first, I thought the way the author chose to go with the werewolves was a little cheesy, with a human-form name and a "fur-form" name for each and a lot of doglike behaviour, but the werewolf family grew on me and ended up being the best thing about the book. Little Daniel/Shadow was especially cute.
I do have to give Huff credit for her knack for detail. She does a good job with her descriptions and scene-setting.
I didn't like the threefold friends-with-benefits element of the book: Vicki & Mike, Vicki & Henry, and Henry & Tony. At least Mike the cop has developed real feelings for Vicki, but he can't say so. Henry the vampire may be starting to feel something for Vicki, but that won't stop him from feeding on someone else (and, for him, sex is almost always part of feeding). But Vicki the stubborn PI won't admit any romantic feelings for anyone. Her main emotion is anger. I like some crackle within a relationship, but a lot of the things she and Mike say to each other are just mean. And Vicki's relationship with Henry is tainted by the fact that vampires use their charisma to get what they want.
It seems that many women who choose professions dominated by men take on male characteristics to get along, but I think that goes too far with Vicki. (I'll admit I didn't like Karrin Murphy, the Chicago cop, in The Dresden Files until book 3 for similar reasons, but Murphy isn't the main character in those books--and she does lighten up and become more complicated.) Plus, the way the plots of this and the first book are set up, Vicki doesn't even come across as a very good detective.
The werewolves saved this book from being a total waste to me, but I just don't like the main characters or the writing style enough to continue reading any further in this series.(less)

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Jul 19, 2011 Buggy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: shelf-09, paranormal-rom, media-tie-in, vampalicious, urb-fantasy, weretastic

Opening Line:"The three-quarter moon, hanging low in the night sky, turned even tamed and placid farmland into a mysterious landscape of silver light and shadows."

~THE WEREWOLVES OF LONDON (ONTARIO)~
BLOOD TRAIL is the second book in the thoroughly enjoyable Blood (Ties) series. As a fan of the TV show I was thrilled to discover this 5 part series of books and except for the absence of cell phones you won't be able to tell they were written in 1991. Once more I was impressed by author Tanya Huff...more Opening Line:"The three-quarter moon, hanging low in the night sky, turned even tamed and placid farmland into a mysterious landscape of silver light and shadows."

~THE WEREWOLVES OF LONDON (ONTARIO)~
BLOOD TRAIL is the second book in the thoroughly enjoyable Blood (Ties) series. As a fan of the TV show I was thrilled to discover this 5 part series of books and except for the absence of cell phones you won't be able to tell they were written in 1991. Once more I was impressed by author Tanya Huffs writing as she expertly weaves together multiple storylines and POV's creating a fun, action filled paranormal mystery. We even get a little romance this time (although it remains fade-to-black) as ex-cop turned P.I Vicki Nelson again joins forces with 400 year old romance author and vampire Henry Fitzroy. Throw in Vickie's jealous former partner Mike Celluci, a family of sheep farming werewolves and a crazed sniper with religious issues and you've got yourself the makings of a great story.

Vicki is a strong willed and very likable character who lives in the real world with the rest of us however ever since she met Henry and battled a demon in the last book she has also come to accept the world of the paranormal. It doesn't take much for her to accept a family of werewolves as her next case. It seems someone has discovered the Heerken's secret and has been hunting and killing pack members while they attend to their flocks of sheep. Of course they can't go to the police so investigator Vicki Nelson is their only hope. Huff's descriptions of Wer behaviour are well done here to the point that I felt she must have done research on real werewolves as she gives us often hilarious look at their possessiveness issues, politics, pack hierarchy and other social behaviours. All the while the neighbours just assume they're nudists with a lot of big dogs to keep strangers away.

Because of Vicki's night blindness she takes Henry with her to the Ontario farm. This works to her advantage as Henry can patrol nights while she finds clues and tries to discover the sniper's identity during the day. Henry and Vicki continue to have an aura of sexual tension which eventually reaches a breaking point after Henry is injured and forced to feed. Vicki is more than willing to accommodate him and this only gets further complicated when Mike suddenly arrives at the farm. It seems after doing some investigation he's now convinced Henry's s involved in organized crime. There's lots of snappy dialogue as the three fight off the sniper, angry werewolves and each other.

For the most part this was a fast paced and entertaining read with the storyline between Henry, Vicki and Mike continuing to develop throughout. Although I felt the story lagged in the middle it was still a great read that I would recommend to any paranormal junkies. Cheers. (less)

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Dec 28, 2009 Elizabeth rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, reviewed, vamps-and-other-mythical-beasts, fantasy-sci-fi, the-knights-who-say-meh

This book begs the question, is it worse when the vampires are actually having sex or when it's all repressed smoldering eye action?

I really never thought I'd be asking myself that question. But here we are, book two of another vampire series, and (I suppose this is a SPOILER), the vampire has sex, with a human, and we get to hear about it. Maybe it's just me but the whole sex/violence/death combination is unappealing in the extreme. Am I sounding like I prude? I don't mean to. I was okay with t...more This book begs the question, is it worse when the vampires are actually having sex or when it's all repressed smoldering eye action?

I really never thought I'd be asking myself that question. But here we are, book two of another vampire series, and (I suppose this is a SPOILER), the vampire has sex, with a human, and we get to hear about it. Maybe it's just me but the whole sex/violence/death combination is unappealing in the extreme. Am I sounding like I prude? I don't mean to. I was okay with the whole nudist werewolf colony thing in the book. I thought the sexual politics of the pack were interesting, not disturbing. It's just the bloody feeding by the undead thing as part of the sex act that is just a wee bit unappetizing. But so was the description of the protagonist picking bits of cricket out of her teeth. Maybe I just have a weak stomach.

Still, I am so happy these guys got together and had some actual sex, and we weren't subjected to smoldering eyes and tortured feelings as one struggles for control and people getting thrown across the room when someone got too close and the other needed calm himself down and dull, dull, dull conversations about giving into baser natures. (There was actually a conversation about giving into the baser nature, but it was funny, so excused).

So, I'm going to come out on the side of the actual sex. Hurrah. Even with the disturbing undertones of maggot sex with raw steak that I really don't want to think about (The Year of the Flood really messes with you - I love you, Margaret Atwood!), I still think it's better than the religious-inspired repression of the alternative.

This review may have become a bit distracted here. Sorry. Let's say that this is a perfectly amusing contribution to the genre with some clever jokes and only a few painfully obvious slip ups. The protagonist simply should not tell someone else that one should never eliminate a person from suspicion until proved innocent while she is eliminating a person from suspicion without proof of innocence. The moment it happened you knew who the killer was, and you still had another couple hundred pages of book to go, and you were wondering why exactly anyone as attractive as dead guy was attracted to such a stupid woman.

Oh well, we'd all have to move to Canada if they all could write like Margaret Atwood.(less)

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Jul 05, 2010 Jenny Delandro rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, cop-fbi-thrillers, vampires

When we meet up with these characters again there has been some time since their encounter with the Demon Lord.

Henry introduces her to his friends a werewolve family represented by twins Rose and Peter, Cloud and Storm in fur form

Two of their family have been killed and they want Vicki to find out who... Henry can't do it because it would be against the packs interests

Stuart, the pack alpha male, can allow a woman in to get it done but not another alpha male.

After interviewing neighbours and wor...more

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Feb 10, 2010 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bought-copy, urban-fantasy, series

The second book concerning Vicki Nelson, private investigator, and Henry Fitzroy, vampire and illegitimate son of Henry VIII.

The novel opens with Vicki accepting an invitation to Henry's place to talk about a possible new case. We have moved on a few months since the first book, with the flirting and dating between Vicki and Henry ramping up a notch. The new case involves a pack of werewolves leaving near London, Canada, who are being picked off one by one by a rather talented marksman.

Again, th...more The second book concerning Vicki Nelson, private investigator, and Henry Fitzroy, vampire and illegitimate son of Henry VIII.

The novel opens with Vicki accepting an invitation to Henry's place to talk about a possible new case. We have moved on a few months since the first book, with the flirting and dating between Vicki and Henry ramping up a notch. The new case involves a pack of werewolves leaving near London, Canada, who are being picked off one by one by a rather talented marksman.

Again, the novel is a mixed bag. I love the relationship between Vicki and Mike, and the jealousy that both Mike and Henry feels about Vicki is real and rather touching. The brief sex scenes are well done and erotic.

Huff does incredibly well showing the great outdoors from the point of view of a city girl - in fact, in all her novels Huff is very good at describing the surroundings so that they take on a character of their own (Toronto in the first novel, and here the farm and surrounding lands that the pack lives in).

I liked the pack, and the fact that they were presented as very much other than human. These are not people who turn into wolves at the full moon and you cannot be changed into a werewolf, you are born so. Daniel/Shadow is absolutely adorable! The question of alpha males, and the tension between Stuart and Henry was excellently written. I found the twin bond a little more questionable, especially when it wandered down the path of possible incest. Sure, animals are different but this jarred me a little.

My problem with the pack was the sheer amount of them. These 'Blood' books are fairly slim volumes compared to other urban fantasies, and Huff still manages to pack loads in - here, it meant that most of the pack became merely names, rather than characters. This wasn't helped by the fact that each werewolf has a human name and then a fur-form name as well, so we were literally bombarded with new names.

I felt that the mystery was pretty clumsy here. The deliberate misdirection was ill-done, and Mark Williams felt as though he blundered into the wrong story - as though Huff had created her original villain, but then realised that it didn't fill enough pages so introduced the callous nephew.

I also had a problem here with the flashbacks to Henry's past AND the excerpts from the point of view of the shooter AND the main plot itself all had the same voice and tone, so it took longer than it should to get into the different segments. It didn't flow naturally.

My final point is that Vicki seemed almost sidelined (which I think is an additional problem from adding all those new characters in the pack). She didn't move on or grow as a character, which is a shame because I think her position is an interesting one. I also wondered at the fact that Vicki showed no moral dilemma about blood taking or vampires.

I did, on the other hand, find Mike's stance on bringing the killers to trial rather than going for personal vengeance a powerful one. It also highlighted effectively that Vicki had not really shared these thoughts - is this because Vicki has left the police force? Or does Mike have a more black and white view on the world? Regardless, it certainly made me think about the book past the time when I closed the last page, which is a good thing!

Definitely an average entry in the series, but still interesting enough to continue.(less)

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Jul 15, 2009 Liz rated it 3 of 5 stars

Blood Trail starts a few months after Blood Price ends. Vicki and Henry have been seeing each other, seemingly romantically. Vicki’s vision has gotten worse. Mike Celluci is still suspicious of Henry and has begun his own investigation into Henry’s past. Otherwise, they’ve been living relatively calm lives in Toronto.

Henry receives a visit from the children of an old friend who own a sheep farm in London, Ontario. They’re werewolves and two members of their pack have been killed. Naturally, goin...more

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May 15, 2009 Suz rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy

This is the second in this series that I've read. The premise is good, although I must admit that I'm rather tired of the worn out vehicle that is too commonly used of "police, detective, private investigator" etc. as the excuse for the mystery. It's been done to death and this series doesn't really bring anything new to the equation.

I enjoyed the werewolves in this book. They seemed much more pack centric in terms of their behavior than most books in the genre I've read. I got the sense that I...more

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Sep 17, 2011 Carolyn F. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library-book, paranormal

I was on the fence of who the bad guys were but I did have it narrowed down to two when their characters were introduced, so pat myself on the back. I like that the heroine isn't perfect. Towers over most men, including one of her love interests, and is slowly losing her sight.

This story was good and for having been published in 1992, is probably at the beginning of the werewolf/vampire craze. This book has both. A very small amount of romantic encounters. Most of the fade-to-black kind with lo...more

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May 18, 2013 Dear Fountain rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy

I didn't like this one as much as the first but I gave it the same rating because it wasn't bad. I almost wish their was a separate rating system for the "good trash."

I got this whole series in omnibus editions at half-price books for a dollar each and it has been a fun read so far. I do have a soft spot for this genre, so I tend to rate it higher than it probably deserves. I prefer Vickie to other UF heroines, she isn't as much of a Mary Sue, and she's funny at times. I really like the characte...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Ryan Mcclure rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Vicki Nelson, Henry Fitzroy, and Mike Celluci return for another mystery, this time set in the London, ON countryside and concerning a family of werewolves that are being murdered by a mysterious assassin. Huff does a fantastic job making her wer feel distinct; rather than people that turn into wolves, they are wer -- their own type of creatures with their own sets of values. Though the writing still lacks a certain level of polish, the characters driving the story can't help but fascinate and d...more

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Oct 10, 2011 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Those Who Love Dark and Urban Fantasy

Shelves: contemporary, crime, fantasy, fiction, horror, mystery, novels, suspense

Somewhere in the course of this novel it occurred to me why I became so attached to this series; it all has to do with an old television series--not the one adapted directly from Huff's, which I've never seen. Rather, this reminds me strongly of Forever Knight, a series about a centuries old Vampire, Nick Knight on the Toronto police force. In a way Huff one ups that old series--Henry Fitzroy isn't merely a knight. He's based on a real historical figure, the illegitimate son of Henry VIII of Eng...more Somewhere in the course of this novel it occurred to me why I became so attached to this series; it all has to do with an old television series--not the one adapted directly from Huff's, which I've never seen. Rather, this reminds me strongly of Forever Knight, a series about a centuries old Vampire, Nick Knight on the Toronto police force. In a way Huff one ups that old series--Henry Fitzroy isn't merely a knight. He's based on a real historical figure, the illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England who died in 1536. But there are even these little flashbacks into Henry's past sprinkled throughout just as on the old show.

In these books though, the vampire is almost more a sidekick than a lead. The focus in these books is a human, Vicky Nelson. She's the one who was once a Toronto police officer and is now a private investigator. She's more Anita Blake than Sookie Stackhouse. Prickly, independent and strong-willed to a fault, she's dealing with retinitis pigmentosa which is slowly stealing away her sight. It's one thing I rather like about the character--that instead of having superpowers like her sisters in urban fantasy, she's all too human and dealing with a handicap.

I like this second book a tad bit more than the first. The first introduced us to a present day vampire. One that is no monster, but doesn't sparkle or turn into a bat either and like traditional vampires has his own handicap--he can't come into the light. Otherwise he has plenty of literary counterparts from Buffy's Angel to Yarbro's St Germane to Nick Knight and Huff's take doesn't stand out. But this volume deals with werewolves, and there I do very much like Huff's take. The Heerkens family are hereditary werewolves living quietly on a sheep farm. And someone evidently knows their secret--because members of their family have been shot down when they're in wolf form--with silver bullets.

The Heerkens are by no means human, but are an imaginative extrapolation of a wolf pack combined with aspects of the ancient legend. Each member of the family is a distinct character, and I agree with the reviewer who called six-year-old Daniel (Shadow) adorable. Here's a bit early on that gives you a flavor of Huff's take:

The sound of claws on linoleum shifted Vicki's attention back into the house but it was only Shadow coming down the stairs and into the kitchen. He sat in front of the refrigerator, had a quick scratch, then changed so he could open the door.

"Ma, there's nothing to eat."

"Don't stand with the fridge door open, Daniel."

He sighed but obediently closed it and Vicki marveled at how universal some things could be...

"If you're hungry why don't you go out to the barn and hunt rats?"

... and how universal some things were not.

So mystery, urban fantasy, the continuing triangle between Vicki, Henry and Vicki's old friend (and conscience) police detective Mike Celluci. It makes for a fun brew.(less)

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Aug 16, 2012 Lisa rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Over the centuries of his existence as a vampire Henry Fitzroy had acquired some very unusual friends, including a family of werewolves who had peacefully coexisted for generations with ordinary humans. But now someone had learned their secret and was determined to destroy them all. Henry was the only one they could turn to for help. But, forced to hide from the light of day, Henry couldn’t hunt down the killer alone. So he called upon his partner in supernatural crime solving, private...more

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Sep 07, 2009 Kristen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: my-library

Very slow moving. I enjoyed this book more than the first book as I felt that the characters were more fully developed But that isn't saying much! Vicki and Henry become more three-dimensional and the werewolves are very entertaining to read about. The twins, Peter and Rose, and Daniel, their younger cousin, provide touches of humor and playfulness to the plot.

It was interesting to see how Tanya Huff differed in her description of werewolf culture. She brought out much more of the wolf in their...more

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May 08, 2011 Debora rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: preferiti, fisicamente_posseduto

Questo secondo volume ha definitivamente incastonato la saga di Blood Ties fra le mie preferite spazzando via ogni riserva.
Se durante la lettura del primo avevo mantenuto con cautela qualche riserva su questa ennesima saga di vampiri ora sono stata catturata in modo irrimediabile dal fascino estemporaneo di Henry, la caparbia indipendenza di Vicki e l'orgoliosa gelosia di Mike Celucci.

Non ci troviamo di fronte al classico libro narrato in prima persona dall'eroina di turno.
Qua abbiamo una molte

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Jan 23, 2011 Sharon rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy

Blood Trail has Henry asking Vicki for help, regarding an unusual, often recluse family. It appears they are being picked off one by one.
Mike has a bee in his bonnet regarding Henry & decides to do some investigating into his past. Not that he's jealous or anything (um yeah right..).
Huff certainly knows her craft.Just to add I like that both books are written in the third person, you get in to everyones head, even the antagonist, TH does this really well, adding flashbacks of Henry's previ...more

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Sep 15, 2011 Roberta rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

Ma che belli questi libri della Huff, si vede che i romanzi di vampiri vanno presi stagionati! L'investigatrice privata ex poliziotta testa dura orgogliosa e affetta da retinite pigmentosa Vicky Nelson viene assoldata da una famiglia amica di Henry Fitzroy, il vampiro figlio bastardo di Enrico VIII nonchè scrittore di romanzi rosa. Viste le premesse, non stupirà sapere che questa famiglia è in realtà una comunità di mannari, che vengono presentati a mio avviso in un modo bellissimo. I mannari ha...more

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Feb 03, 2010 Amy Grossman rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the second novel from Tanya Huff's Blood Ties series, and it keeps getting better and better (guess it usually works that way!). I'm glad I just watched season 2 of the Blood Ties television series, because this book mirrored one of the episodes within that season (I love comparing the details between the two!). Blood Trail takes Vicky Nelson and Henry Fitzroy to London, Ontario to track down the cold blooded killer murdering family members living on a farm there. However, the family mem...more

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Dec 18, 2011 DanetteCJ rated it 4 of 5 stars

After reading blood Price, the first book in the Blood series, I was iffy as to whether or not to continue reading the rest of the series. I was turned on to the tv series before I read any of the books, so I knew what was going to happen and was angry when I noticed that the outline I had from the tv show differed from the books. I'm so glad I kept on reading though! The books are so much more satisfying to me, as a reader, the the show was (especially since the show was cancelled and ended on...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Elizabeth Nesbit-comer rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

this book gets 4 stars just for the amazing way she describes the werewolves and their family setting. I loved their very dog-like personalities and descriptions of wanting to ride shotgun so you can put your head out the window, and frog chasing had me cracking up. The fact that the wolves could change easily at will and not just the torturous full moon routine was refreshing. If I was to be a werewolf this is the kind that I'd want to be.

The mystery was so-so. A bit confusing at times since y...more

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Jun 10, 2011 sabisteb rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Toronto, August 1991. Es ist heiß und schwül als Henry, der uneheliche Sohn Heinrich VIII, und seines Zeichens Vampir, einen neuen Auftrag für Vicky hat: Zwei Freunde von ihm wurden erschossen.
Dass es sich bei Henrys Freunden nicht um normale Menschen handeln kann ist Vicky schon klar, aber es erstaunt sie doch, als der niedliche kuschlige Hund sich plötzlich in einen jungen Mann verwandelt. Henrys Freunde sind Werwölfe! Irgendjemand ist jedoch nicht damit einverstanden, dass Werwölfe mit ihm di...more Toronto, August 1991. Es ist heiß und schwül als Henry, der uneheliche Sohn Heinrich VIII, und seines Zeichens Vampir, einen neuen Auftrag für Vicky hat: Zwei Freunde von ihm wurden erschossen.
Dass es sich bei Henrys Freunden nicht um normale Menschen handeln kann ist Vicky schon klar, aber es erstaunt sie doch, als der niedliche kuschlige Hund sich plötzlich in einen jungen Mann verwandelt. Henrys Freunde sind Werwölfe! Irgendjemand ist jedoch nicht damit einverstanden, dass Werwölfe mit ihm dieselbe Luft atmen und erschießt sie des Nachts in ihrer Wolfform mit einem Kopfschuss. Eine Klage ist unmöglich, denn wer wird schon eine Untersuchung wegen zwei erschossener Wolfshunde auf dem platten Land initiieren. Die Einzige Möglichkeit für die Werwölfe Gerechtigkeit zu bekommen ist, den Täter selber ausfindig zu machen.

Dieser Roman ist ein normaler Krimi, mit ein wenig Werwolf. Eigentlich handelt es sich um eine normale, leicht erschwerte Mordermittlung. Erschwert in dem Sinne, als dass man nicht herumgehen kann und fragen kann, wer auf Wölfe mit Silberkugeln schießt. So ermittelt Vicky offiziell im Falle einer Erschießung von Hofhunden und stapft durch die Wälder, sichert Spuren und redet mit den Nachbarn, also normale, solide Polizeiarbeit.
Erschwert wir das Ganze durch ihren Ex-Partner, den Polizisten Celucci, mit dem Vicky mehr als Freundschaft verbindet, so wie mit Henry. Celucci ist eifersüchtig und beginnt zu ermitteln, wer dieser Henry Fitzroy ist und entdeckt einige auffällige Lücken in dessen Lebenslauf, die ihn zu einem klaren Schluss kommen lassen.
Besonders wird dieser Urban Fantasy Krimi letztendlich durch die Darstellung der Werwölfe. Tanya Huffs Werwölfe können sich immer verwandeln, wann sie wollen, solange sie keine Kleidung tragen. Daher laufen die Werwölfe auch in ihrer menschlichen Form meist nackt herum und haben für den Notfall überall Kleidung herumliegen. Sie essen sowohl wie Menschen, gehen aber auch gerne mal auf Frosch oder Rattenjagt in Wolfform und so ermahnt die Mutter den kleinen Werwolf schon mal nicht zu viele Frösche zu essen, es gäbe noch Abendessen. Die Familie ist aufgebaut wie ein Rudel und hat doch auch teils normale menschliche Familienstruktur. Der Vater ist der Alpha Wolf, er verteidigt seine Familie, und Henry muss sehr aufpassen, dass er nicht zu dominant wird, weil er so gar keine Lust hat, das Rudel zu führen. Celucci weiß jedoch nicht, dass es sich bei Vickys Auftraggebern nicht um normale Menschen handelt und verhält sich daher wie ein normaler Cop, und fordert damit nicht nur Henry heraus.

Eine wirklich gelungene Mischung aus sympathischen, fast normalen Werwölfen mit einem ganz normalen Kriminalfall, der sauber ermittelt wird. Die Ermittlungen jedoch haben zwischendurch durchaus ihre Längen, vor allem 1991 als es weder Handys noch Internet gab und man sehr, sehr lange Enzyklopädien wälzte.

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Jan 26, 2010 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampire-contemporary

This is the second Vicky Nelson book I've read and have to say that I didn't think it was as good as the first. Throughout the first half of the book, Mike and Henry were barely mentioned. One of the reasons I enjoyed the first book so much was because of the dynamics between all three leading characters. Missed it this time. Had plenty of Vicky present, but got a little tired of all the werewolf stuff. Not only that, but I found the cast confusing - each werewolf had a 'wolf' name plus a 'human...more

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Sep 11, 2012 Liz rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, series-book, mystery

2 stars means OK. Essentially a murder mystery involving a secret "wer" community in Canada. The PI is a retired cop who is suffering from a degenerative eye disease and can't see at night. She must depend on her relationship with a 450 year old vampire lover who sees very well at night to help her solve the mystery. To complicate things, her x-cop partner wants to claim her as his love interest so the story has its triangle elements. Besides that, the writing moves to different points of view i...more

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Jul 08, 2010 Kathy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, fantasy-other-world, fantasy-romance, humor, mystery, vampire, werewolf-shapeshifter

Henry… Vicki… Celluci… an unlikely trio…

Henry asks Vicki to help his were friends… someone has shot 2 of them in their ‘fur-form’, and they cannot determine who / where the threat is coming from… So the two of them go to the were family home to investigate… and an interesting home it is – with alpha male / female… 8 year old son, 17 year old twins, aunts, uncles & cousins, all living together… one cousin is a police officer (the first were to have a human job)… they keep to themselves in the...more Henry… Vicki… Celluci… an unlikely trio…

Henry asks Vicki to help his were friends… someone has shot 2 of them in their ‘fur-form’, and they cannot determine who / where the threat is coming from… So the two of them go to the were family home to investigate… and an interesting home it is – with alpha male / female… 8 year old son, 17 year old twins, aunts, uncles & cousins, all living together… one cousin is a police officer (the first were to have a human job)… they keep to themselves in the middle of a preserve, raising sheep.. and their neighbors think their nudists (people see and believe what they want, afterall)… they do need to be naked when they change (which is done in a blink of an eye) and prefer to be naked…

A neighbor to the were’s is an elderly, religious man (ex Olympic rifle shooter)… and when he sees the were’s change, he sees them as an abomination, so he believes he is doing God’s work to kill them… Vicki meets him the 1st day, and is charmed by him, sees his age as making him unlikely suspect, though his religious fervor gives her some concern … His nephew, however, is something else.. he is taking refuge with his uncle to avoid murder charges and some bad guys… and concocts a plan to take a few werewolf pelts to sell…

At the beginning, Vicki & Celluci are together after he solves a difficult case… he comes to her, she feeds him, he sleeps, they have sex… and then when Henry & Vicki are at the were’s, Henry finally consummates their relationship, with his taking her blood & its sexual release for them both… hmmmm

And Celluci shows up midway through her investigation, to tell her he thinks Henry is part of organized crime (how else to explain the inconsistencies with his history)… and he gets caught in the investigation… seeing the weres for who they truly are, and he gets along with them… and they solve the case – with one of the teen wolves almost dying, and the old man seeing the error of his ways and killing himself, and Henry stopping the other teen wolf from killing the nephew, and killing the nephew himself in the trap he set for the weres, and Vicki tells them all how they will present it to the cops to protect them all… And Celluci reluctantly agrees that it is the only way…

And the next night the 3 of them head for home… with Celluci driving & Henry sitting up front… and she leaves it to them to find their own peace with one another…. How will this play out in the next book?
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May 06, 2010 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: people who find the Twilight series a big chaste yawn

Recommended to Jennifer by: Lifetime TV

Crazy end of semeser frenzy = fun detective & vampire book.

As I noted on the first book, this is the kind of literary equivalent of kettle chips--very little nutritional value but hard to put down. This 2nd installment of the series finds Vicki and Henry helping out a pack of werewolves outside of London (Ontario, that is). Turns out Henry isn't the only supernatural game in town. Someone is killing pack members in wolf form--picking them off at isolated moments and the pack turns to Henry...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Julie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

J'avais beaucoup aimé le premier tome de cette série, j'ai beaucoup apprécié ce second également. C'est avec plaisir que j'ai retrouvé Vicki, Henry et Celluci.

J'aime toujours autant le caractère bien trempé de Vicki et ses disputes avec Celluci. Sans éclater de rire, j'ai souri plus d'une fois face aux répliques cinglantes de Vicki.

Tout comme dans le premier tome, on connaît assez vite le coupable et j'avoue qu'on n'a pas affaire à un suspense haletant. Cela n'empêche absolument pas de passer un...more

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Apr 14, 2013 Christina rated it 3 of 5 stars

The story in and of itself was decent, I just don't know why the author had to push on so many gray area topics, I have 2 that bugged me.
1st - Henry is already sleeping/drinking from a male kid we see in the first book that Viki plays almost a parental role in his life...yet when Viki finds out she doesn't freak out or anything, it is all just very disconcerting.
Then, the whole issue with Peter and Rose, the author kept alluding to the fact that they might get together despite them being sibling...more

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May 18, 2012 taeli rated it 4 of 5 stars

The second book in the Blood books series by Tanya Huff, Vicki Nelson is asked by one of her sometime lovers, Henry Fitzroy, to help discover who is killing off his friends family members. Because this family are werewolves and are in hiding from the rest of the world, they can't go to the police with the problem. With Henry working as her partner during the night, since her retinitis pigmentosa leaves her with little to no night sight, she travels into the countryside to help out. Her other som...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Donna rated it 5 of 5 stars

I actually liked this book better than the first one. The wer family was likable and it was easy to sympathize with their being victimized by an unknown assailant. Vicki's glasses are still problematic but either the author is mentioning it less or I'm getting used to reading about them constantly slipping down her nose.

Her cop boyfriend could use an attitude adjustment but I don't like pushy guys and others may find him less offensive. He's starting to get a clue as to Henry's persona and I'm...more

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Jul 25, 2011 Heather Dalgarno rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: supernatural-serials

The second in the series sees Viki and Henry heading off to London Ontario to solve the problem of Henry'ssheep farm owning werewolf friends being shot by a silver bullet toting vigilante.

Yes, this book is about a Canadian werewolf in London.

But you're not going to pick this book up at all if you're afraid of a little bit of cheese now are you?

If you do pick this up, and you should, then you're in for a fun ride. Huff writes the sort of characters that you could base dozens of books on and still...more

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Oct 07, 2010 February Four rated it 3 of 5 stars

Could not find Blood Ties, picked up Blood Trail and am starting from this one. So far, I have to say that Tanya Huff and JD Robb have one thing in common: POV-intrusion. If the scene is being written from Vicki's POV, I don't appreciate having Henry-POV or Celucci-POV in the middle of the scene. The closest way I can think of to excuse this is that she's using 3rd-omni POV, which is not my preferred POV when reading.

That aside, the writing is decent, and the story so far is interesting. I like...more

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"Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Although I haven't actually lived "down east" since just before my fourth birthday, I still consider myself a Maritimer. I think it's something to do with being born in sight of the ocean. Or possibly with the fact that almost no one admits to being from Ontario…

Raised, for the most part, in Kingston, Ontario. It was the late sixties, early to mid seventies. Enough s...more "Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Although I haven't actually lived "down east" since just before my fourth birthday, I still consider myself a Maritimer. I think it's something to do with being born in sight of the ocean. Or possibly with the fact that almost no one admits to being from Ontario…

Raised, for the most part, in Kingston, Ontario. It was the late sixties, early to mid seventies. Enough said for those of us who lived through it-and those who didn't seem to be getting another chance to fall off platform shoes.

Spent three years in the Canadian Naval Reserve: I was a cook. They'd just opened it up to women and I figured it would be the first trade that would send women to sea. I was right. Unfortunately it happened a year after I left. No tattoos.

Received a degree in RADIO AND TELEVISION ARTS (B.A.A.) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute: The year I graduated was the year that the CBC laid off 750 employees in Toronto alone. We were competing for jobs with people who had up to five years experience. The cat threw up on my degree.

Spent eight years working at Bakka, North America's oldest surviving science fiction book store: Change Of Hobbit in California was actually a very little bit older but unfortunately it was a casualty of the recession in '91. During those eight years, while working full-time, I wrote seven books (the first seven, except for the original draft of CHILD), and nine short stories.

In 1992, after living in downtown Toronto, a city of nearly three million, for thirteen years, I moved with two large cats, one small psychotic cat, and my partner out to a rented house in the middle of nowhere. In the years since, we've purchased the house, buried two of the original cats, replaced them with three more felines and, unintentionally, acquired a Chihuahua. You're probably wondering how two reasonably intelligent adults can unintentionally acquire a Chihuahua. Please don't ask.

I love living in the country, writing full-time, anything by Charles de Lint, Xena, Hercules, and email. I dislike telephones, electric blankets, and bathroom renovations.

I always expect catastrophe; as a result, I'm usually pleasantly surprised."

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