Marie L. (fencerchica) reviewed on 2/11/2011 + 47 more book reviews

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Doctor Asher thought he'd permanently traded in the lethal tools of the late nineteenth century espionage trade for the shabby robes of an Oxford don. But one night he returned to his comfortable home to find his adored wife, Lydia, unconscious. The pale, graceful young man seated beside her politely informed Asher that she was now a hostage of the vampires of London. Her life would be forfeit unless Asher could find a way to use the deadly skills he now loathed in order to thwart the assassin of these creatures, whose death-dealing ways he could not possibly sanction. Asher and the temporarily released Lydia are thus thrust into a race to track down the assassin -- and find out if he or she is actually an ally or an enemy -- before the London vampires' patience runs out and Lydia's life is forfeit. True partners, Asher and Lydia feed one another information during the quest: He applies Holmesian-style sleuthing while she hotly pursues equally vital academic leads. An exciting tale of ethical dilemma, vampire action adventure, true love, and fantastic Victorian-era English atmosphere.

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