k-caseThe Nymphos of Rocky Flats
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Number of pages: 368
This was another new author challenge book.
Usually modern vampire stories are written by women, but Acevedo brings a unique twist to the standard. Ex-Operation Freedom vet, now vampire, Felix Gomez has turned to “normal” life as a detective.
His vamp powers add a twist and provide an edge to the standard detective. He’s called to Rocky Flats, Colorado, by an old friend to investigate the cause of an outbreak of nymphomania.
Really, nymphomania… that’s a problem, right?
Before you think this is an erotic romance, think again…it is a detective story with an edge and a lovely one at that.
Gomez bumbles almost as badly as Columbo, but, like Columbo, has a method and it works.
What works better is Acevedo’s writing. It is brutally honest, direct, and poetic. Where else can you get a line like this:
No mistress of the dark, she looked more like a matron of the refrigerator.
I LOVED it! Thanks to Jackie from LE for turning me on to this author.
Overall book rating: 9.75
