X-Rated Bloodsuckers
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
“Vampire P.I. Felix Gomez is irresistibly entertaining”—Rick Riordan, Edgar Award–winning author of Mission Road
Rollickingly funny, bitingly sarcastic, X-Rated Bloodsuckers is the sharp, hilarious follow-up to Mario’s acclaimed debut, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats.
Felix Gomex has survived Operation Desert Freedom, being turned into a vampire, and a ravenous horde of nymphomaniacs. Now, he faces his toughest investigation when he’s hired to infiltrate the corrupt world of Los Angeles politics and investigate the murder of a distinguished young surgeon turned porn star. The search pits Felix against renegade vampires conspiring with humans in a scheme that would forever alter the supernatural world and cause the extermination of the undead.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hard-boiled action mixes with soft-core titillation in Acevedo's second novel featuring soldier turned vampire PI Felix Gomez (after 2006's The Nymphos of Rocky Flats), who's approached by porn actress Katz Meow to investigate the murder of her colleague Roxy Bronze. Before you can say XXX, Felix is off to California's San Fernando Valley and up to his fangs in intrigue implicating a vampire producer of adult films, a sham evangelist, a power-hungry local politician and the Araneum, the secret vampire hierarchy tasked with stamping out unorthodox human-vampire interactions. Felix endures the usual silver bullets and garlic, as well as several very human double crosses and miscalculations, before the story speeds to an unlikely conclusion that exposes a somewhat unconvincing villain. The novel's true appeal lies in its zippy banter and witty repartee on vampire lifestyle, particularly in Felix's ongoing partnership with Coyote, a low-rent vamp from the barrio. Acevedo has a natural flare for the hard-boiled idiom, and readers who enjoyed Felix's first adventure will find this follow-up equally entertaining.
