The Countess of Blood and other Stories

This is a collection of six short stories about DI Colin Rook.

The Cursed Graveyard
When DI Colin Rook is transferred into the department where careers go to die, the paranormal department of the Met, he has to learn that there are more things on our planet than he thought. Zombies and revenants are only a small part of it all.

The Deadly Performance
Colin Rook just wants to have a nice night at an art performance, spending time with his neighbour Bridget and having fun. Yet, the paranormal department works on the job, not on the clock. When something comes through the canvas, he has to get back to work under difficult circumstances.

The Demonic Library
Books are wonderful things, full of wonder and information. Sometimes, though, they can also endanger the life and soul of the person who picks them up. When a secret library is found under a building believed to have no cellars, Colin Rook has to enter it with a group of specialists to make sure all goes well. Needless to say, not all goes well.

The Devil's Knight
This time, the person coming to Colin Rook for help is his own Mentor Father Leo Bryce. A friend of Father Leo has found out that an old graveyard back in business might not be a good place to bury the dead. A ghostly knight with its own plan for eternity has taken up residence there and is unlikely to move on by itself.

The Empty Mansion
An old mansion with a dark spot in its past has claimed three new victims and nobody knows how or why. That is why Colin Rook has to travel there and see what to do about it all. Unfortunately, the mansion might be empty in the present, but it's full of suspects in the past.

The Countess of Blood
Bodies turn up dead and bloodless. Normally, that would not be a job for Colin Rook — not any longer. Yet, when those bodies then vanish from the mortuary and walk around again, it becomes clear that something paranormal is at play. As some other members of the paranormal department before him, Colin has to face the Countess of Blood and drive her from England again.