Some men love to hear a woman scream in the middle of the night. But in my line of work, it always means trouble.
Tonight is no different. Once I get the dame calmed down, she shows me what all the fuss is three stiffs in the dumpster behind Gatsby’s, stacked one on top of the other.
Now, I know what you’re thinking - bodies drained of blood, two marks on the side of each neck...all signs point to shenanigans of the vampiric variety. But I’ve been on this beat long enough to know there’s always more to the story, even in a place like this.
Hell, especially in a place like this. Music City has a dark side, one teeming with werewolves, demons, and ghosts. Nothing beats the satisfaction of seeing one of these monsters dead at my feet. But sometimes, this job takes something out of me - something I can never get back.
This case is one of those times....
Thomas Dietrich and his girl, Natalie, are back on the job to take on the undead and otherworldly in 1950s Nashville for audiobook two of D. Alan Lewis’s genre-bending series, Voodoo Rumors.
As a child of the sixties and seventies, D. Alan Lewis grew up watching the U.S. space program in its heyday. His fascination with the space race developed a love of science fiction. His interest in horror came about later in life as the result of multiple marriages.
D. Alan Lewis is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee who now resides in Nashville with his children. He has been writing technical guides and manuals for various employers for over twenty years but only in recent years has branched out in to writing fiction. In 2006, Alan took the reins of a Novelist Writer’s resource in Nashville where he has been working to with aspiring writers.
The manuscript for his first novel, The Blood in Snowflake Garden, was a Top Ten finalist for the Claymore Dagger award in 2010. He is currently working on several other projects including a follow-up to Snowflake Garden.
A great follow up to the first Voodoo Rumors book. I enjoyed getting to see Thomas Dietrich and his assistant, Natalie, getting into the darkness that underlies Music City. We also get our first glimpse at Voodoo Rumors, the club run by Thomas' demonic sister. If you like hard-boiled noir action with dark fantasy and horror undertones then this is the book for you.
Old fashioned detective novel meets urban vampire tale. What's not to love? I'm finding this series to be a real joy with lots of action to keep me interested.