The Vampire Files, Volume Five

Vampire Files #11-12

by P.N. Elrod

Includes "A Song in the Dark" and "Dark Road Rising"My name is Jack Fleming, nightclub owner, P.I.-and vampire. Usually, that's a combination that keeps me safe. But when a New York lowlife muscled in on Chicago territory, I survived his attempt to kill me by the skin of my fangs.It brought out the vampire in me-and if I don't get my blood hunger back under control and do some detecting, not only might my girlfriend Bobbi take the fall for a murder she didn't commit, but the newly risen vampire I've been charged with babysitting-a nutjob mobster named "Whitey" Kroun-may do more damage than the syndicate torpedoes who are out to get him.Things are getting far too bloody, even for a vampire...

Genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Vampires

Paperback

First published March 6, 2012

About the author

Patricia Nead Elrod is an American fantasy writer specializing in novels about vampires. Her work falls into areas of fantasy and (in some cases) mystery or historical fiction, but normally not horror, since her vampires are the heroes. -Wikipedia

Reviews

[Philip J · Rating 5 out of 5]

A new type of vampire stories in this series. I enjoyed the sarcasm and a vampire mobster, writer,club manager . Very interesting characters and a good adventure.🐦‍🔥

[Erika · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars. Jack is a little too self-pitying for my taste, but I like the rest of the story that surrounds it. Shame most of the new characters are introduced to die, but I guess you need some victims. Gabe is creepy, even though they make friends with him.

I felt that some of Elrod's canon was confused, but it's been a week since I flew through the Jack's creation story, so I might be misremembering.

Glad it's an omnibus because I wouldn't have wanted to wait the 4 years between the two books, even though Song in the Dark isn't a true cliffhanger.

The end of Dark Road Rising is a bittersweet way to end the series, but good none the less. I don't really care enough about Gabe to know if he follows through on Escott's orders, but Jack and Bobbi deserve the break.

[Karen Mahtin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one the best so far. It introduces a new vampire who has his own problems that are very different from Jack's, and tells part of his story from his perspective.