Dave Zeltserman’s THE CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD was named by the American Library Association as one of the best horror novels of 2010, and was a Black Quill nominee for best dark genre book of the year. With BLOOD CRIMES, Zeltserman has written a very different kind of horror novel.

BLOOD CRIMES is a genre-bending collision of horror, dark urban fantasy and crime that rides shot-gun with Jim and Carol as they carve a homicidal path cross-country. Jim is infected with the vampire virus. Carol isn’t. Yet. But they’re united in their hunt for society’s most dangerous predators for Jim’s dinner — so he can feed without harming the innocent. What they don’t know is that they’re not alone. There are others on their trail, and the climax of BLOOD CRIMES is a shocking jolt of pure mayhem and rock ‘n roll violence.

‘I’ve just read the manuscript of Dave Zeltserman’s new novel, BLOOD CRIMES. This is one of the few fresh takes on vampirism I’ve read in years. It’s as if Charles Bukowski sat down and said, OK, Bram Stoker, how about this?’ Ed Gorman, author of Cage of Night and The Poker Club.

‘BLOOD CRIMES s is fast. It’s visceral. It’s definitely not your fourteen-year-old sister’s dreamy vampire fantasy. This book grabs you by the guttiwuts, wrenches hard, and doesn’t let go… But don’t get me wrong, this isn’t your run-of-the-mill shock literature. Zeltserman weaves a disturbing noir with a passionate craftsman’s hand over his characters.’ Mindy MacKay