So, sure, you can think “Dexter Meets Dracula.” Or you can think “Bram meets Bukowski,” or “Noir meets Vamp,” it’s up to you. But anyway you slice it, Dave Zeltserman’s 5-Star Blood Crimes: Book One
is the freshest take we’ve seen in years on vampire fiction! – Our eBook of the Day, Just $2.99 on Kindle!
Throw in noir and crime, mystery and urban fantasy, add a vampire with social conscience and you have the intriguing Blood Crimes.
Blood Crimes is a genre-bending collision of 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.
Reviewers and Commentators Say:
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.
I enjoyed the heck out of this book….It’s a wild ride by a master of noir and crime fiction – in this case, infused with some horror. What struck me about this book is that there is a little something for everyone – a stone cold sociopathic killer/mad scientist, a road trip, a PI story, a love story, biker drug gangs, great over-the-top violence, and vampires (or more accurately – people infected with a vampire emulating virus)! I mean – what’s not to love???
Blood Crimes 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
Fast, camp, over the top horror pulp. Zeltserman, a noir author from deep in his bones, has always flirted with horror–his Caretaker of Lorne Field ranks as one of the best novels in that category back in 2010. Blood Crimes goes over the retaining wall and into the dark woods, throwing in delightful twists on reliable tropes, making for a fast, campy thrill ride. These aren’t your sister’s romantic vampires, to say the least. Gory fun.
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dave attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, and after graduating with a BS in Applied Math and Computer Science, returned back to the Boston area where he continues to reside with his wife, Judy. After spending 20 years developing network management software for several of the world’s leading technology companies, he now splits his time between writing crime fiction and studying martial arts. He holds a black belt in Kung Fu.
His upcoming crime novels include Outsourced
and The Essence of Monsters. Outsourced has already been called a ‘small gem of crime fiction’ by Booklist and has been optioned by Constantin Film and Impact Pictures.
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