Unlucky. Unrelenting. Uncanny.Silverthorne, like any other vampire, loved a good pandemic. And why not? She’d lived through several of them in the past century. But now she’s playing for the good guys as a medical examiner. A paranormal street drug doing terrible things to her kind creates a different kind of challenge—returning to Nowhere, Nevada where the murderer leaves her a trail of grisly … of grisly shifter corpses in this hick mountain community where she vowed to never return.
Her suspects? A sumo wrestling sibling, the ex wife of the sheriff (and her former lover) plus her estranged and oh so very psycho vampire maker.
Soon Silverthorne is tracking a killer who wants nothing less than everything she holds dear in her undead life. Good thing paranormal murder most foul is Silverthorne’s specialty.
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A fun, fast-paced paranormal romance that kept me turning the pages!
Great Urban Fantasy!
I couldn’t put this one down once I started it. It had everything I love about the UF genre from vamps, shifters, snarky female MC, and a wonderful mystery that had so many twists and turns it kept me guessing until the end. There was even a cute canine side-kick that I loved. This is definitely one series that I hope lasts for a long time.
I am really excited about this new series. Our main character is a vampire physican and researcher. I loved Nowhere. That is a perfect place for paranormals. Fang is terrific and Ben is wonderful. All of the characters are unique in their personalities. Witches, shifters, demons, ghouls and, of course, vampires. Elsbeth is the scariest out of them all. Oh yes, don’t forget Mr. Figgles who will sleep anywhere. I am excited and look forward to more of our Undead Detective.
I love reading about vampires and the fact that she is a detective is a definate plus. I was taken with this book before the first chapter was barely started and it kept me interested threw the whole story. I loved it and I highly recommend this story to all who love vampires and detectives, and if you but this story you will not regret it at all.
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What a combination; a vampire who happens to be a medical examiner. After centuries of not always being on her best behavior, Silverthorne is now on the side the good guys. When a street drug causes problems for the paranormals, she finds herself knee dip in tracking the killer. With her psychotic vampire maker back in town along with her sumo wrestling sibling, she certainly has her hands full.
While reading this book, I kept on thinking how this would make a great television series alongside the X-files and Twin Peaks. The characters were quirky (Ben and the delightful dog Mr. Figgles) and imaginative (Fang the wolf sheriff), there were a few LOL moments, but mostly it was filled with mystery and suspense. I enjoyed the storyline which had many twists and turns, and cannot wait for the next book in the series.
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Silverthorne is a fantastic character who is a vampire and a ME. The characters were all so well developed with a great storyline filled with action and mystery. Silverthorne is investigating a new drug and goes to Nowhere to see how it affects paranormals and runs into her maker. Secondary characters are also well developed and likeable. There is Ben who is her consort and their dog Mr. Figgles. Fang the sheriff who is a wolf. Loved it an can’t wait for the next book.
Urban fantasy fun!
I couldn’t wait to read this after finishing the prequel, The Undead Detective. This book takes our main character, Hattie Silverthorne (an amusingly snarky medical examiner who happens to be a vampire), her human personal assistant, Ben, and their delightfully spoiled Shih Tzu, Mr. Figgles, to a paranormal community in the town of Nowhere. Silverthorne goes there at the request of her maker to address the potential problems of a newly introduced recreational drug. True to form, Jennifer Hilt, maintains her “never a dull moment” method of story-telling by allowing an avalanche of misfortune to befall our main characters so that a potentially dry epidemiological study now encompasses multiple murders, revenge, kidnapping, and a fire. This book has it all: mystery, action, forbidden love and a number of greatly diverse characters including, shifters, witches, vampires, demons, and more that each add their unique contribution to the evolution of this fast-paced story.
There is language that some may find off-putting, but it isn’t excessive. There are no truly graphic sex scenes. There are some grammatical and punctuation errors, but I had no trouble overlooking them as I found the unfolding plotline so engrossing and entertaining. I am not a fan of cliffhanger endings and this book does have one, but I will qualify that by saying that it is not the type of cliffhanger where you are left in mid-action. There is an unresolved issue that involves a major character and I would have preferred that to have been handled differently but it did not diminish my enjoyment of this book. Overall, can’t wait for more.
A vampire detective in a world of paranormals, in love with a shifter, which is, of course, not allowed, along with her human muse. The story was slow, this particular vampire was self absorbed and dull. The saving grace, was the deliciously evil child vampire and even she was tedious in spots. The ending was basically a cliffhanger, although not one that makes you crave the next book. An ok read.