Grave Creatures

Las Vegas Paranormal Police Department #2

by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young

Playboy Police Chief Ian Dex didn't believe in zombies...until now.

An old necromancer has been summoning the dead. His goal is to overrun the world, one city at a time. Too bad he started in Vegas.

With the horde of zombies heading in from the old cemeteries, Ian and his crew soon realize they can't handle this threat alone. They need the help of the Vegas community. The problem is how to convince the people to shoot at zombies while not letting them know they're actually shooting zombies!

To make matters worse, the Directors want the job done, his mages are being drained, and there's a succubus who's dying to play a game of no-no with him.

Okay, maybe that last bit isn't so bad.

But battling zombies begs the question: How exactly do you kill someone who's already dead?

If you like Jim Butcher, Michael Anderle, K.F. Breene, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, or Steve McHugh...you'll have a blast with this book in the Las Vegas Paranormal Police Department.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Fantasy

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 2017

About the author

John P. Logsdon is a former game designer, producer, and software engineer who shamelessly digs into the deep recesses of his mind to bring forth oddball characters and hilarious plots. He writes primarily in fantasy, urban fantasy, and science fiction, but he's also dabbled in cozy mystery from time to time. To see John's vast library of laughs, visit www.johnplogsdon.com.

Reviews

[Leiah Cooper]

Las Vegas doesn't do it for me

The women are great, the main storyline is fun, but the main character I find to be pretentious, egotistical, and over invested in the contents of his designer slacks. I will return to other of the writer's storylines, but not this one. The firqst book should have warned mre, but i was looking for character development in this one that wasn't there.

[Natalie Fallon]

This fantastically funny new urban fantasy series about Ian Dex and his team in the Las Vegas Paranormal Police Department started with The Merging and is even better in Grave Creatures. The humour is there from the start, with Las Vegas being a great backdrop for it all and the team are all the better for being fun, sarcastic and neither perfect nor pc. There is a great mixture of action and storyline in this addictive series which kept me wanting to read more even though I knew I had to get up early for work in the morning?! I am enjoying seeing a great new series developing and absolutely cannot wait to read more!

[Jo]

Zombie attack!

Another fantastic tale of supernatural cops in Vegas, this time trying to cover up a zombie invasion. Super horndog Dex is the target as usual but his team of mages, wizards, vampires, werewolves, pixies and werebears, not to mention the flirtatious automated central control, save the day again.
Funny, smutty but not outright rude, a great read!

[Raven and Chris]

Fun read

This series is full of humor and action. I read the first one because of a reference in another series and oddly enough that series was given a shout out in this book! I look forward to seeing where it goes and learning more about Ian.

[Bookworm52732]

Another one knocked outta the park!

[Rev. Craig A. Lantz]

Interesting characters and fun story

I definitely want to keep reading the Ian Dex books. The first two story lines have both been interesting and fun.

[Janet Swiftbird]

Zip line zombies

Read about zombie apocalypse in Vegas, wizards, mages and all kinds of creatures roll of the pages with fast action.

[PJ Lea]

📚📚📚📚📚

Ian Dex needs to realise that a suit doesn't always cut it, zombie guts are not a good look.
The whole team are crazy and I like that in a book.

[Shelly]

Very much enjoyed this book!

[Curtis]

Unconventional Fun

Short, irreverent, and unconventional, these stories are little gems of enjoyment that can turn a few hours into a bout of random cackling. Delightful.

[Jen]

Great series. Been binging. Super glad to have found a new series/author to devour.

[Daniel]

Fun and exciting.

Ian Dex rises to the occasion again...pun intended. A lot of fun, witty banter and loveable characters. Can't wait to start book three.

[Caryn Tutt]

Great series!

Great book! Ian Dex is a lovable horndog. The Las Vegas team is awesome! On to the next book in the series!

[Laura Witte]

Fun

Learning more about Ian and the crew. Very quick intense books with very little lag in the action. Looking forward to the other cities as well.

[Lee Willie]

Another great story

Really enjoying this series and highly recommend them. Great cast of characters and a good start arc is taking place, can't wait to start book 3

[Wayne Turmel]

Another fun read. Sure, they're literary jelly beans, but sometimes I really crave a jelly bean. Lots of laughs and fantasy action.

[Bonnie Dale Keck]

Kindle Unlimited {all of his seem to be, except for any prequels those are probably permafree on his website, and you can also get for full {length} 'sampler' free from his website, a 3 pack, some with free audio, to give you a good look, and have listed all the books/sets/collections below, usually don't, it's getting almost longer than the book{s} BUT if you want the insanity to continue, there's the list. {Terry} Pratchett meets {Douglas} Adams meets Monty Python meets Red Dwarf meets Star Trek meets Doctor Who meets Twilight Zone/Outer Limits/Night Gallery. Shout out from the South: Bless their hearts....

necromancers and zombies and werebears oh my

Ever have one of those nights where some old fart of a necromancer decides to unleash a zombie army on your town? Oh yeah, and you get stuck with having to stop him? That's the kind of night Ian Dex is having. Cemeteries are coming undone and the crew of the Las Vegas Paranormal Police Department has to figure out who the hell is causing it. Fast. Unfortunately, the necromancer who is responsible keeps slipping through their fingers. Even more fun is that every time the guy brings up a fresh batch of zombies, they're altered in a fashion to improve their chances at defeating the PPD. This means he's learning with each new release of his reanimated corpses. On top of that, it turns out that he's been building a massive army of zombies via graves way out in the desert. With the sheer number of zombies headed their way, Ian and his crew understand they're going to need help. But involving normals is not exactly something the PPD gets all warm and fuzzy about. So they need to figure out a sneaky way to get it done. The only silver lining that Ian can find in this mess is when a succubus breaks into his condo and does her best to seduce him.

The Merging (Ian Dex Supernatural Thriller Book 1)
Grave Creatures (Ian Dex Supernatural Thriller Book 2)

The Rebellion Hyperbole {A Trek Gibbons Adventure Book 1}

Starliner (The Intergalactic Investigation Bureau Book 1)

The Unexpected Fugitive (The Lassiter Files Book 1)

The Relic (The Galactic Thieves Book 1)

Liberating the Package is the prequel to the madness that follows, listed below in order, may only be available through his site, but would be freebie.
Mission 1: The SSMC Reluctant - Mission 2: Angry Robots - Mission 3: The SSMC Voyeur - Mission 4: Earthlings - Mission 5: Synthetic DNA -
Platoon F: Pentalogy (Platoon F eBook Bundle 1)
Warped Conduit (Platoon F Book 6) - Kidnap on Fantasy Planet (Platoon F Book 7) - Platoon F: Veli Unveiled (Platoon F Book 8) - Platoon F: The Search for Veli (Platoon F Book 9)
Platoon F: Quadology: Missions 6, 7, 8, and 9 (Platoon F eBook Bundle 2)
Platoon F: Big Ass Bundle: Missions 1 - 9 (Platoon F eBook Bundle 3)
Warning: subject matter not suitable for the young, small pets, and anyone without a warped sense of humor.

Comedic Arthurian Bundle: The Adventures of Queen Arthur
The Ring of Veiling - Knights in the Past - Knights in the Future
The 4 book set Comedic Fantasy Bundle #1: 4 Hilarious Adventures (Tales from the land of Ononokin) now out has the first 4 books, #1 Quest of Undoing #2 The Full Moon Event #3 Bob the Zombie #4 Gappy's Gadgets -- NOT included are #5 The Kidnapped Prince #6 Saving Major Wiggles and The Fate Quest (Tales From the Land of Ononokin .5) PREQUEL
Comedic SciFi & Fantasy Bundle -- Tales From the Land of Ononokin A Quest of Undoing, The Full Moon Event, Bob the Zombie - Queen Arthur Adventures The Ring of Veiling - Intergalactic Investigation Bureau Starliner - Platoon F The SSMC Reluctant, Angry Robots {this may or may not be version 1, version 2 was better/different}, The SSMC Voyeur, Earthlings, Synthetic DNA
Comedic Fantasy Bundle - Tales From the Land of Ononokin A Quest of Undoing - The Full Moon Event - Bob the Zombie - Queen Arthur Adventures The Ring of Veiling

Nanoagents: The Alien Files Bundle
Induction (Nanoagents: The Alien Files Book 1 - Lightcycle (Nanoagents: The Alien Files Book 2 - Moon Base (Nanoagents: The Alien Files Book 3 - Mars Rover (Nanoagents: The Alien Files Book 4 - Mission 5: (Nanoagents:The Return of Xabigan 5

Cozy Mystery Bundle #1 (South Lane Detective Agency #1-5)
Diamond in the Ruff (South Lane Detective Agency Book 1) - Framed & Fortune (South Lane Detective Agency Book 2) - A Sound Swing (South Lane Detective Agency Book 3) - A Horse Tail (South Lane Detective Agency Book 4) - Out of Left Field (South Lane Detective Agency Book 5)

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It was a fun read.

[Tawnya]

This time with the members of the Vegas PPD we get zombies. We also learn that even though Ian is quite good at what he does, he is also a bit dense. At least he realized it himself. Seriously, there is a reason the army doesn’t go to the field in their class As. I looked up the hoity-toity brand of clothes that Ian was wearing. He took umbrage to a character calling his suit an Armani. Rich people are weird. There was a scarf that was actually very attractive. It was 700 euro! For a bloody scarf. That is more than a house payment. Most of the stuff was hideous. I say again. Rich people are weird. Now I have Aerosmith’s Eat the Rich in my head.

Back to the book. I would have liked a bit more background on the main evil. Also, we need to know more about the directors. Of course, EQK is the best of the bunch. He cuts through the crap and says what we are all thinking. Pixies... I wonder if Turbo was raised by a nice normal family. That could explain why he doesn’t have the full temperament of a pixie. It has been too long since I read the series. Maybe they go into it later. The inner dialogue that Ian has regarding engineers reminded me of when Scotty got released from the transporter on Star Trek:TNG. He basically said the same thing to Geordie, i.e. exaggerate how long something will take to make it seem like you’re a miracle worker later on.

I saw where I rated the next book 5 stars. As I have said before, coming from me that is huge. I cannot wait.

[Scott]

It seems Dex and his team are in for another round of supernatural battles.
This time it seems even the dead are joining in as zombies attempt to take over the strip.
Yes they exist and these are super zombies not the normal ones we all know.
It will take all of the teams skill, intelligence and brawn to get through this with many a witty quip and maybe a helping hand from an unexpected source.
John and Chris show us again that when the going gets tough we just enjoy it more and more.
A throughly fun and exciting story which you just can't put down.
Can't wait to see Book 3 and find out even more about Dex and his teams adventures.

[Maryann Sims]

This is the second book in the series and just as good as the first one. Ian Dex is something else, and not just an amagamite, well, maybe he likes the ladies too much and the rest of the people work with the PPD know and tease him about it. This time around we are dealing with a necromancer. Who had a great many tricks up his sleeves, along with a zombie army, that only paintball guns can deal with. The book is not a cliffhanger, but as Gabe tells him in the end, "time " is not on his side, just like "flashes" was a clue to this story. All in a great mix of humor and fantasy, hope there will be more books in this series.

[Denise King]

Second book in a new urban fantasy series that hits the strip running and barely slows down to take a breath. Fast paced and hilarious action with a few twist and turns. Ian Dex's naughtiness proves a man wrote it, with a man's brand of raunchy good humour that even a woman can laugh about. This time our intrepid Paranormal Police have to take on an evil Wizard creating zombies, and changing things up each time so they are harder to kill. How will our naughty heroes prevail? Read it and see, and laugh. 😉

[Larry Tushman]

Another hilarious romp! Vegas is threatened by zombie hordes, necromancy, and a level of magical chicanery the LVPPD is ill-equipped to handle. When does that get not fun? While trying to combat the machinations of the miscreant in charge, they repeatedly find themselves in grave danger (I'm sorry...I had to). We get slight glimpses and hints of the overarching story line for the series, but really cannot nail anything down beyond Ian Dex will be involved, and it will be chaos. Definitely enjoying this series.

[Marie]

This second book of the series is just as great as the first. The dead are coming undone OH My! Zombies as The crew of the LV-PPD has to figure out who's causing this latest disaster.The gang have their hands full trying to convince the "Normals" that what they are seeing is just another Las Vegas hotel showing off. Ian might find the help the team needs to end the Zombie's terror, a succubus breaks into his condo, does her best to seduce him.

[Marye]

OMG I am hooked

I an is about for a woman as chocolates. But I'm not about to swear off the sweets anytime soon. Ian is sure that at least one thing that's supposed to go bump in the night doesn't exist ,zombies, so when he's called by the department CI to handle the zombies climbing up out of town the town cemetery he thinks it's his team mocking him.
That is until the mess up his expensive shoes.

[Carolyn Fielding]

This is the second in John P. Logsdon and Christopher Young's new urban fantasy series and I enjoyed it every bit as much as the first, The Merging. This time a plague of zombies in Las Vegas and a nasty necromancer challenge Ian Dex and his team of very special cops to the utmost, with plenty of humour to lighten the suspense. Can't wait for Number 3 now!

[Wendy Schindler]

Great Supernatural Thriller!

I really like Ian Dex and his crew! The humour and comraderie while fighting and protecting the "normals" from supernatural threats makes this a fun read despite the serious bad guys and nefarious deeds being done!
I really liked how Cletus and Merle were introduced and written in. I kind of hope to see more of them too..

[Amy Robertson]

If possible, I liked this book even more than the first one in the series. In this one the team encounters zombies with powers they shouldn't have, and a seemingly impossible to defeat mage ready to take over the city using the dead as foot soldiers! This series as action, suspense, mystery and great characters! I can hardly wait for more!!

[Brandy Dalton]

Great second book

I love the diversified characters from wizards to succubus to necromancers to Ian Dex. This story gets better as it processes. Ian is still my favorite character but I love the hippie wizard too. I recommend reading n order but technically you can read each one separate. They are a great set so far and I hope for more

[Curious Aquarian]

Interesting read, actual rating 3.5 stars.

This is the second installment. The MC is a blend of good looking, confident, sexy and wealthy male with a taste for luxury but I can't say he's refined. There is a good blend of every paranormal and they're all engaged in consensual sex. Not sure where this story is going but I 'll. stay on the ride for now.