Blood Law

Informationen zum Autor Jeannie Holmes is a Mississippi native and holds both bachelor and master of arts degrees in English. She currently lives in Mobile, Alabama, with her husband and four neurotic cats. This is her first novel, and she is working on the sequel to Blood Law. Klappentext To stop a vampire killer! she'll have to slay her own demons first. A provocative and savvy vampire! Alexandra Sabian moves to the sleepy hamlet of Jefferson! Mississippi-population 6!000! half vampires-to escape the demons lurking in her past. As an enforcer for the Federal Bureau of Preternatural Investigations (FBPI)! Alex must maintain the uneasy peace between her kind and humans! including Jefferson's bigoted sheriff! who'd be happy to see all vampires banished from town. Then really dead vamps start turning up-beheaded! crucified! and defanged! the same gruesome manner in which Alex's father was murdered decades ago. For Alex! the professional has become way too personal. Things get even more complicated when the FBPI sends in some unnervingly sexy backup: Alex's onetime mentor! lover! and fiancé! Varik Baudelaire. Still stinging from the betrayal that ended their short-lived engagement! Alex is determined not to give in to the temptation that soon threatens to short-circuit her investigation. But as the vamp body count grows and the public panic level rises! Varik may be Alex's only hope to stop a relentless killer who's got his own score to settle and his own bloody past to put right. Chapter One October 13 alexandra sabian hated cemeteries. during her twenty-plus years as an Enforcer with the Federal Bureau of Preternatural Investigation, she’d been in far too many. Some thought cemeteries were calm and peaceful places, but for her it was like stepping into a waking nightmare. Blue and white emergency lights strobed across the landscape, casting strange shadows on the ground. The pulsing wash created the illusion of movement in the corners of her eyes, which relentlessly searched for the shadows that moved against the direction of the light. Crime scenes attracted both the living and the dead, and it was her job to listen to both. She pulled her shoulder-length auburn hair into a crude ponytail and secured it with a paper hair cap similar to what surgeons would wear in an operating room. She carefully stepped into a disposable Tyvek jumpsuit and slipped paper foot coverings over her boots. Preservation of the scene was vital, especially with outdoor sites. In today’s world of forensic science, a stray hair or fiber could make or break a case, and this was one case she wanted to get right. The protective gear she donned was to prevent cross-contamination and had the added benefits of rendering the wearer androgynous, giving the appearance of multiple Pillsbury Doughboys prowling the scene. She signed in her name and badge number with the communications officer responsible for keeping track of everyone who entered and left the scene. Steeling herself against what awaited her on the other side of the yellow tape barrier, she ducked under the barricade and picked her way through the headstones, snapping a pair of latex gloves into place as she walked. “Murder, my ass,” someone said in a raised voice from a group of uniformed officers huddled in the darkness. “Killing vampires should be considered a public service, if you ask me.” Alex recognized the voice as belonging to Harvey Manser, Nassau County’s duly elected sheriff and all-around jackass. His dislike of vampires, and even more so of her, was well documented, and the feeling was mutual. Tonight, however, she wasn’t in the mood to respond to the obvious bait he provided. She ignored the comment and kept walking. Even though it’d been forty years since vampires—her people—had revealed themselves to humanity, relations between the two species remaine...

Product details

• Authors: Jeannie Holmes
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.07.2010
• EAN: 9780553592672
• ISBN: 978-0-553-59267-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 26 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature