Lady Crymsyn (Vampire Files, No. 9) - Softcover

Elrod, P. N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441008739 ISBN 13: 9780441008735

Publisher: Ace, 2001

Synopsis

Vampire private detective Jack Fleming prowls the dark underworld of mobsters and monsters in post-Prohibition Chicago in search of a party girl who has mysteriously vanished but who may have been the victim of a premature burial. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

P. N. "Pat" Elrod, best known for The Vampire Files and the Jonathan Barrett: Gentleman Vampire series, co-edited Time of the Vampires and has written stories for several anthologies. She is currently working on a new set of toothy titles and branching into the mystery and science fiction genres.

From Publishers Weekly:

It's still 1937, and he's still in Chicago, but things are looking up for vampire PI Jack Fleming in the eighth installment in this strong series from veteran Elrod (Bloodlist; Lifeblood; etc.). Jack has picked up enough cash to finance his dream: a snazzy nightclub, dubbed Lady Crymsyn, where his chanteuse girlfriend can sparkle and a man can get an honest drink. Complications arise when basement remodeling reveals the remains of a mysterious lady in red who had been handcuffed and walled up while still alive. Jack's sympathies and curiosity are arousedDafter all, he was murdered himself before he turned into a vampireDand he sets out to solve the mystery. This latest adventure plays up the sleuthing more than ever, but with a detective who can use superhypnosis to verify the stories he is told and dematerialize through any locked door, a too-quick solution might be expected. Not so. Mix ruthless gangsters and tough broads with long-standing secrets at stake and things get dangerous even for a vampire. Several sordid pasts, numerous plot twists and even a ghostly presence combine for an only slightly supernatural, but altogether entrancing, who-done-it. (Nov. 7)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ace
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0441008739
• ISBN 13: 9780441008735
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416