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Carl Houseman #4
Code 61
CODE 61: maintain radio silence. someone may be listening.
Investigating the apparent suicide of a colleague’s niece, Iowa Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman is startled to uncover a group that transforms the dark fantasies of vampire legend into grisly they ritualistically drink small amounts of one another’s blood. As Carl is drawn deeper into this unnerving world, it becomes clear that the dead woman may have been the victim of a twenty-first-century Dracula.
The prime suspect, Dan Peale, is a sinister presence within the group--a man some say drinks blood and never, ever dies. It’s an outlandish, heinous theory, but then suspicions are bolstered by rumors of a card-carrying vampire hunter who is also pursuing Peale. All too soon, Houseman finds himself scrambling to track a vampire--before he kills again.
Investigating the apparent suicide of a colleague’s niece, Iowa Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman is startled to uncover a group that transforms the dark fantasies of vampire legend into grisly they ritualistically drink small amounts of one another’s blood. As Carl is drawn deeper into this unnerving world, it becomes clear that the dead woman may have been the victim of a twenty-first-century Dracula.
The prime suspect, Dan Peale, is a sinister presence within the group--a man some say drinks blood and never, ever dies. It’s an outlandish, heinous theory, but then suspicions are bolstered by rumors of a card-carrying vampire hunter who is also pursuing Peale. All too soon, Houseman finds himself scrambling to track a vampire--before he kills again.
451 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 21, 2002
About the author
Donald Harstad
14 books108 followersDonald Harstad is a twenty-six-year veteran of the Clayton County Sheriff's Department in northeastern Iowa, and the author of the acclaimed novels Eleven Days and Known Dead. A former deputy sheriff, Harstad lives with his wife, Mary, in Elkader, Iowa. (From Random House website.)
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May 6, 2014
Le côté très réaliste du récit en temps réel d une enquête policière dans l Amérique profonde n est pas inintéressant. Un certain sens du suspense donne envie de poursuivre la lecture jusqu au bout. Mais l intrigue est trop pauvre au final pour laisser un souvenir au delà du divertissement momentané.
May 5, 2025
C'est vrai qu'il est captivant mais vraiment pas ouf je m'attendais à mieux. Plutôt déçu avec une histoire bâclé pour moi.
July 27, 2011
Dans la lignée de ses précédents romans : une intrigue plutôt convenue mais un style tjs aussi réaliste (Harstad ayant été policier durant 20ans...). On a donc du mal à refermer le livre avant de l'avoir terminé
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