Anti-vampire attitudes have led to groups of vigilantes targeting and killing Nocturns, and worse, the police has also recently learned of a rash of incidents involving poisoned artificial blood drinks showing up on store shelves, sending whoever consumes them into an uncontrollable frenzy. While vampires-or Nocturns, as they prefer to be called-have been integrated into society ever since their big reveal many years back, these incidents are proof that not everyone has been quite accepting of them. It appears that the serial killer known as “Abraham” has struck again, dealing another vicious blow Nocturn-human relations. When the story begins, our aforementioned former pharaoh/mummy protagonist and Miami vice cop Detective Alex Romer has just been called upon to investigate the scene of grisly murder. On top of genre staples like vampires and shapeshifters, this intriguing debut also features a millennia-old main character who used to be a pharaoh and mummy, and as far as selling points go, you just can’t get much more irresistible than that. Graveyard Shift, pitched as paranormal urban fantasy meets hard-boiled mystery noir, landed on my radar earlier this year and immediately had me salivating at its potential. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. I received a review copy from the publisher. Book Review: Graveyard Shift by Michael F. Haspil
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