Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 9/28/2018 + 1032 more book reviews

This is a paranormal vampire mystery, first in the Asher/Ysidro series.
If you like the paranormal and haven't read this series yet, you should. Hambly writes excellent characters and has amazing descriptive powers. Not so highfalutin' as Anne Rice, but there's plenty of fang angst among the undead. Asher has his own actions as a spy to regret, and his wife Lydia is a smart cookie in an era when women weren't supposed to be smart. They are a good team - he's the action guy and she's the research. And Hambly always does a lot of research for her books so you can practically smell the London of the late nineteenth century. Great scenes inside Paris's catacombs - the empire of the dead - but not terrible amounts of blood and gore.

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